It's A Long, Uphill Fight

Bear In Mind That Brains And Learning, Like Muscle And Physical Skill, Are Articles Of Commerce. They Are Bought And Sold. You Can Hire Them By The Year Or By The Hour. The Only Thing In The World Not For Sale Is Character.

I Am Glad That I Am Not Raising Kids Today. And I’m Rather Pessimistic That My Grandchildren Will Enjoy The Great Society That I’ve Enjoyed In My Lifetime. I Really Think It’s Coarsened. It’s Coarsened In So Many Ways. One Of The Things That Upsets Me About Modern Society Is The Coarseness Of Manners. You Can’t Go To A Movie — Or Watch A Television Show For That Matter — Without Hearing The Constant Use Of The F-word — Including, You Know, Ladies Using It. People That I Know Don’t Talk Like That!

If You Think Aficionados Of A Living Constitution Want To Bring You Flexibility, Think Again. You Think The Death Penalty Is A Good Idea? Persuade Your Fellow Citizens To Adopt It. You Want A Right To Abortion? Persuade Your Fellow Citizens And Enact It. That's Flexibility.

One Can Be Sophisticated And Believe In God. Reason And Intellect Are Not To Be Laid Aside Where Matters Of Religion Are Concerned.

Ever So Subtly, Without Even Alluding To The Last Obstacles Preserved By Earlier Opinions That We Now Push Out Of Our Path, We Effectively Replace The Goal Of A Discrimination-free Society With The Quite Imcompatible Goal Of Proportionate Representation By Race And By Sex In The Workplace.