Equality means equality for all - no exceptions, no 'yes, buts', no asterisked footnotes imposing limits.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother's keeper.

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights

The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.

I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college.

My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.

Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

History is the enemy of memory.

To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it.

The attempt to close the gap between what is known and what IS, is the temptation behind the apple in Genesis.

I go everywhere by boat. I don't fly. It makes me feel really immobile but great.

Enjoyment always has a spoiling, otherwise it cannot be so.

In a real sense faith is total surrender to God .

Take 7 emcees put em in a line And add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine And that's 21 emcees ate up at the same time.

In the same degree that we overrate ourselves, we shall underrate others.

In North America and Western Europe, ten percent of the population of the world consumes fifty percent of its energy.