Before I leave this Earth, I would like to know they have given women the same benefits and promotions as men.

All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.

The biggest problem in politics is that you help some S.O.B. get what he wants and then he throws you out of the train.

It is a different world and they [the Supreme Court] should speak for justice, not prejudice.... I seek justice, not in some distant tomorrow, not in some study commission, but now while I Iive.

Keep your eye on the main event.

We do not recognize that we are addicted to some negative psychological habit, some terribly self-destructive patterns of thinking...

Once you come to terms with your shortcomings and not chase a mirage of an imaginable perfect person you’ll be able to do more justice with your life. Learn to appreciate and love yourself.

Our job is not to worship history and culture like fetishes, but to feed them into our living, creative stream of personal life for spiritual and intellectual reprocessing.

I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'

To be a small town kid from Hialeah, Fla., pitching in Miami and representing Team U.S.A., that says it all. It's a kid's dream. Don't pinch me. I don't want to wake up.

Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after.

I think ultimately that sense of hope is something that even as a little kid I was able to kind of grab onto.

I want to be cutting-edge.

Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world.

I think that could be a very compromising situation where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved.