The American people can have anything they want the trouble is they don't know what they want.

The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.

The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.

Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created.

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.

Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

Abundance is, but a matter of perception. For here in these lands of plenty, there are more natural treasures than one can behold.

But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

The act of composition is a series of discoveries.

If you are sick, fast and pray; if the language is hard to learn, fast and pray; if the people will not hear you, fast and pray, if you have nothing to eat, fast and pray.

Anything you want for your life, if someone else has done, become, or achieved it, use that as evidence that so can you.

All true theology has an evangelistic thrust, and all true evangelism is theology in action.

The mind demands rules; the facts demand exceptions.

I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City.

Everyone thinks their baby is a genius. People find it delightfully refreshing when I tell them, My baby? Totally average. Like, 100 percent average.

Your actions toward others are your bank deposit. It's easy to be good to nice people, but try to be caring to everyone. It is a test.