Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.

Let no man think we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves.

The will of the people shall be the law of the land

Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.

Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit.

Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely.

Democracy is a life, and involves continual struggle.

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.

Before the war is ended, the war party assumes the divine right to denounce and silence all opposition to war as unpatriotic and cowardly.

...the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope.

To live without any regret is to act right.

If you're thinking about it, then stop. Because it could be the reason you're having a tough day.

Grief changes shape, but it never ends.

It is secular spiritual music, the gospel blues. It's music from the heart instead of the head.

Looking a certain way is a blessing and a curse.

Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.

God acts in history: that is, God provides ideas, methods, and experiences intended to bring comprehension to man, an understanding heart, a conscious life.

Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours.

The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.