"The [Afghans] understand the difficult truth that their best hope of freedom lies in a temporary experience of imperi…"

"To defeat evil, we may have to traffic in evils: indefinite detention of suspects, coercive interrogations, targeted …"

"The dilemmas here are best illustrated by looking closely at pre-emptive war. It is a lesser evil because, according …"

"The difference between us and terrorists is supposed to be that we play by these rules, even if they don't. No, I hav…"

"A liberal society cannot be defended by herbivores. We need carnivores to save us, but we had better make sure the me…"

"The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their politi…"

"It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersoni…"

"Until George W. Bush, no American president -- not even Franklin Roosevelt or Woodrow Wilson -- actually risked his p…"

"As a former denizen of Harvard, I’ve had to learn that a sense of reality doesn’t always flourish in elite institutio…"

"Here's what we shouldn't do. We shouldn't import failed criminal justice policies from the United States. Mega prison…"