Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy.

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.

Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.

People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

This country of ours has committed the most serious act of aggression in its history by engaging in a war of aggression without a declaration of war by Congress.

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

The great and constant need of those who investigate homicide and practice forensic pathology or criminal law is a warm humanism.

I feel the healinghands of Godtouch my heartand kiss my soul.

When you find yourself internally, you find what nourishes you from within. You lose that entitlement and anger when YOU deliver.

The biggest mistake people make is to try to lose too much weight too fast.

I always plan dinner first thing in the morning. That's the only way I can get through the day, having a specific meal to look forward to at night.

A man of letters is often a man with two natures,--one a book nature, the other a human nature. These often clash sadly.

Being reviewed is being condescended to by your inferiors.

When a man's life is at stake no delay is too long. [Lat., Nulla unquam de morte cunctatio longa est.]

That is [Edward Said] proposal as to how the term should be used. It surely does not describe those who are called "intellectuals" in standard usage, as he would be the first to agree.

My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust.

I grew up my whole life in Ireland and obviously sound very, very Irish. I feel like it's just one of those things that just charms the socks off of people.