"Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia."

"Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead."

"The attack on ObamaCare was that Congress does not have the power under the Commerce Clause to force a private citizen into a private contractual relationship. If such a thing is permitted to stand, the anti-ObamaCare forces argue, there will be no limit to Congress's power in the future."

"It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways."

"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak."