Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. – Robert Bork
The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. – Robert Bork
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left. – Robert Bork
The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law. – Robert Bork
I mean, Britain is a country of successful Muslim businesspeople, teachers and educators, journalists. So, we have to say very strongly that the two million plus Muslims in Britain, the vast bulk of them make a huge contribution to our society, and they actually make it the vibrant society it is. – David Miliband