"A moral rule is essentially 'advantage-reducing.' It prohibits you doing something you could do that would serve your interests at someone else's expense."

“If I'm lucky, when I paint, first my patrons leave the room, then my dealers, and if I'm really lucky I leave too.”

“My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.”

“People who are not willing to respect not only the given law, but our democratic way of life, should not live in Europe.”

“Leadership is a role you have to earn in order to be effective.”

“The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.”

“There's probably never been a more important time for mayors in America than there is right now in this country, because the people who are being targeted, and the fear that's happening out there, those people live in our cities.”

“American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 percent, while in a Third World War 90-95 percent would be civilians.”

“We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.”