“An e-mail from a reader says that liberals like to take the moral high ground, even though their own moral relativism means that there is no moral high ground.”

“Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.”

“The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.”

“Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.”

“To say that being non-judgmental is better than being judgmental is itself a judgment, and therefore a violation of principle.”

“Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.”

“No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.”

“The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?'”