"The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U.S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security."

"When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I."

"I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society."

"I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government."

"I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in 'Night.' I questioned God's silence. So I questioned. I don't have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it."

"In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it."

"I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made."

"If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression."