Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them.

At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men

Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.

Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.

Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.

Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.

You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.

Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.

Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.

Not all developing countries are the same.

I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous.

Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.

I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.

The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

Once I learned about grassroots organizing, I got so enamored with it because I thought 'Wow this is the way you do it!'

A fashion victim is dressed in designer clothes from top to bottom.

Opposition always inflames the enthusiast, never converts him.

Don't prepare, do. Don't let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.

If something scares you, you run toward it, not away from it.

And still everything’s the same, even though I did my best to get as far away as I could.