I Like That Lady - Sarah Palin.

The Richness And Variety, And Indeed The Advance, Of Our Culture Depend Upon The Continuation Of This Conflict [between Conservatives And Radicals], Which Is Deeply Rooted In Human Nature.

If You Depart From Moral Absolutes, You Go Into A Bottomless Pit. Communism And Nazism Were Catastrophic Evils Which Both Derived From Moral Relativism. Their Differences Were Minor Compared To Their Similarities.

Bismarck Had Cunningly Taught The Parties Not To Aim At National Appeal But To Represent Interests. They Remained Class Or Sectional Pressure-groups Under The Republic. This Was Fatal, For It Made The Party System, And With It Democratic Parliamentarianism, Seem A Divisive Rather Than A Unifying Factor. Worse: It Meant The Parties Never Produced A Leader Who Appealed Beyond The Narrow Limits Of His Own Following.

For Me This Is The Vital Litmus Test: No Intellectual Society Can Flourish Where A Jew Feels Even Slightly Uneasy.

Human Beings Are Infinitely Worth Studying, Especially The Peculiarities That Often Go Along With Outstanding Gifts.