But the Church is at its best when it is focused on its pastoral mission, not its political agenda.
Escarole is at its best when it is wilted just enough to tame its faint bitterness and yet retains a resilient bite, which makes it perfect for sautéing.
Because literature is always best when it is celebrating its subject darkly.
"The City is at its best when it is trying to reinvent itself.
Sundance is at its best when it is most bizarrely unexpected.
Moreover, it is probably at its best when it is least desirous of being realistic.
The show is at its best when it is able to find expressly theatrical forms that embody the distortions of these clashing points of view.
Like the sandwich, pizza is at its best when it is kept to a few superb ingredients, and Santa Maria's bufalina exemplifies this.
"I believe that journalism is at its best when it is a catalyst to democracy and when it informs, enlightens and educates the common people," he said.
"Since I came to this house 30 years ago, I have always felt that the house is at its best when it is united.
Islam, like most faiths, is at its best when it is circumscribed.
