“Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.”

“A thing may be morally neutral and yet the desire for that thing may be dangerous.”

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”

“The precept: “Judge not, that ye be not judged” . . . is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange for a moral blank check one expects for oneself.There is no escape from the fact that men have to make choices; so long as men have to make choices, there is no escape from moral values; so long as moral values are at stake, no moral neutrality is possible. To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims.The moral principle to adopt in this issue, is: “Judge, and be prepared to be judged.”

“Better that anger should be directed into jihad abroad than into Iran-style revolution at home.”

“(He) looked directly into his own eyes, as though his eyes were neutral territory, a no man’s land in a private war against narcissism.”