Moral disarmament is to safeguard the future; material disarmament is to save for the present, that there may be a future to safeguard.

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.

Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded as wicked and degrading.

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark.

About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up.

Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.

The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.

Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the wall.

It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American principle of eternal separation between Church and State.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh ?

I've been playing these schoolgirl roles in all my movies. Every time I went to the set, it felt like I was going to school.

five severed fingers do not make a hand

Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

I think people want to feel stuff right now.

It is the job of the historian to say what is likely, and of faith to say what is possible.

Stay strong. Stand up. Have a voice.