By defining the problem as "hunger, " the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality.

Charity is one of those remarkable words that helps to identify the fault lines of a culture.

Charity erodes the cultural prerequisites for a vigorous democracy.

We believe that only government has the capacity--not to mention the political and moral responsibility--to promote the general welfare. Father Kramer as quoted in Sweet Charity?

You cannot avoid what you fear because what you fear is inside of you.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities is subject to public criticism; that of the people themselves, never.

Satan was crouched in the corner of his office, playing a gameboy, 'Die alien scum' he was saying feverishly.

As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good.

My Wings are a thousand books.

To me, the whole process of being a brush stroke in someone else's painting is a little difficult

Peace cannot come from punishing the Palestinian people.

Nobody is the same. If we were all the same it would be bloody boring.

The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safest.