In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway.

Here's a new 'Blessing' for our ti

What worth was a man who could not be haunted?

We'll never see national shows with 45 shares again.

Every dimension of life, its gains and its losses, are reason for celebration because each of them brings us closer to wisdom and fullness of understanding.

Clearly, a stable, unified and democratic Iraq cannot be achieved militarily by the U.S.

Citizens, you will elect me - I will be your leader.

From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I'm into female vengeance.

I prefer Offenbach to Bach often.

I found out I'd been signing my name wrong. You know, like with the alphabet they teach you in preschool. But I think I've got it right now.