It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?"He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.

Enlightenment was not just Gautama Buddha's, but you too, individually, must find this new perspective of life, this new point of view in your life and in all things." -

Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.

I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.

I want a Supreme Court that doesn't always side with corporate interests.

You can't get around the image of people shooting at people toprotect their stores and it working. This is damaging to the [guncontrol] movement.

There is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle

Two hopeful hearts, two lands apart. Together there's no end to what our dream can start.

Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.

Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.