Historically, means cannot be separated from ends.

A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.

Civilization means, above all, an unwillingness to inflict unnecessary pain ... those of us who heedlessly accept the commands of authority cannot yet claim to be civilized men.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

Without equality, I say, there cannot be liberty.

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.

We need Wisdom to seek for the Kindom and we need the Kingdom to have the Freedom to posess all other things!

I've tried to deny it even to myself...My heart and soul are filled with you.

It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

I have a Blackberry which I use, but I am one of those people who can only type on it with one hand.

Life is full of choices. We don't always make good ones.

I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.

God is a shower to the heart burned up with grief; God is a sun to the face deluged with tears.

A healthy mind always likes to adore others, elevate them. An unhealthy mind likes to pull everything down.

Understanding and admitting that you have an issue is the first way to change. When you quit a toxic habit, you leave room for something beautiful to take its place.