Her legacy was her quiet dignity and instinctive rage against injustice, ... What she determined on the spot was that her dignity would not allow her to be treated unjustly.

Historically, the judicial branch has often been the sole protector of the rights of minority groups against the will of the popular majority.

Among seniors, Social Security is the sole source of income for 26 percent of nonmarried women.

The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots.

The United States Postal Service is the world's most efficient postal system.

We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority and impoverished children.

Social Security is a program that should be strengthened and preserved for future generations.

The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody has severely undermined our Nation's position in the world.

Social Security makes up a much larger share of total retirement income for unmarried women and minorities than it does for married couples, unmarried men and whites.

Justice deferred is justice denied.

Social Security is a family insurance program, not an investment scheme.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

BubbaHarold - "One of the most unique takes on true crime ever.

There are times pop music is the end result when I'm in the studio, but I don't really go in and say, 'Today I am going to make a pop song, ' but it can happen.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

Sitting out of politics isn't really an option if you don't want things to slide.

I think that why the research and the data are so important is because you become so used to seeing the world one way that you don't even notice anymore. [Gender inequality] has this invisibility.

At one time through love all things come together into one, at another time through strife s hatred, they are borne each of them apart.

"The making of peace is a continuing process that must go on from day to day, from year to year, so long as our civilization shall last."

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.