The Pentagon is, admissibly, the most powerful institution in history.

The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets.

Nuclear weapons are the scourge of the earth; to mine for them, manufacture them, deploy them, use them, is a curse against God, the human family, and the earth itself.

War can't end terrorism. War is terrorism.

Lying and war are always associated. Listen closely when you hear a war-maker try to defend his current war: If he moves his lips he's lying.

The church is a major bureaucracy, and major bureaucracies are disobedient to the gospel.

If you dissent without breaking the law then you are legitimizing the system that allows this kind of latitude. You have to break the law to touch the state.

You have a responsibility to confront the war games - the American killing machine.

The only way you can get at the state is by dealing with its laws.

Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion.

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.

The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.

All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene.

A great deal of thought must be given to your daughter's marriage. Otherwise, she will simply slink off like a cat on a dark night to be fertilized under a bush to God knows whom!

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

I said to my girlfriend, you shouldn't eat before you swim. She said, "why not"? I said, you look fat.

I think deconfliction with the Russians is probably the maximum that we can do. But deconfliction is enough to prevent us killing Russian soldiers when we are attacking the Assad regime.

I've really tried to learn the art of clothes, because you don't sell for what you're worth unless you look good.