"The liberal position on pornography is that consenting adults should be allowed to do what they want in private."

"Compassion is not weakness; it is a strength that can motivate us to act for justice."

"The humanities are not a luxury; they are vital for a healthy democracy."

"To be truly human is to be capable of both reason and emotion, and to integrate them wisely."

"The idea that we should base our political life on religious or metaphysical conceptions of the good is profoundly anti-democratic."