“I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealis...” — Moses Mendelssohn Quote

“I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher.”

“Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence.”

“Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.”

“Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.”

“We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.”

“Exploitation. Now, there's a word that has been scrubbed out of the poverty debate.”