Because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway, whether or not we speak.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

It is easy to respond with anger it is more empowering and spiritually elevating to respond with compassion.

When the truth reaches the mass, it becomes impossible to govern by deception.

Condition A must be in place for action B to take place

Strike was used to playing archaeologist among the ruins of people’s traumatised memories

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt.

Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly.

My father instilled in me a love for racing.

Whether Jew or Gentile, I rank top percentile...

I don't think nothing. I just do my work.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.