The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

My father was a slave and my people died to build this country and I am going to stay here and have a part of it just like you.

The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice.

The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever.

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.

Through my singing and acting and speaking, I want to make freedom ring. Maybe I can touch people's hearts better than I can their minds, with the common struggle of the common man.

My future depends mostly upon myself.

Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.

The choices you make in life creates your destiny.

Tyler, I'd marry you again in a heartbeat. You are my fairy tale.

The best protection any woman can have ... is courage.

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

You can't just live in a comfortable little suburban neighborhood and get your education from movies and television and have any perspective on life.

So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger.

We have to have powder for our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.

New York City is a fascinating place because it's very good at using the energy in attracting some of the best and the brightest from everywhere.

I'm 19, and, being a public figure, I'm supposed to present myself in a certain way, but it's hard and you're never going to be able to tell people who you are through the media.

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.