The experience of history should lead us to hope and strive to make the world better, not to despair and resign ourselves to fate.

The only real recourse that [Russian] people had against tsarist rule was violence and rebellion. It was once remarked that Russia's constitution was "absolutism moderated by assassination.

To be heartbroken means to have a story

A man of peace shall always live in peace, if all chances are given and only shall he stand to fight for his rights if peace and freedom isn't granted to him.

Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher - for any human being, I think, in the end. Courage to think, courage to love, courage to hope.

Do we want to emulate China in the way that China emulates the West? I think, for most Americans, the answer to that question would be no.

In the late '60s, people were saying we need power to, not power over. Power to do, accomplish, create, not power over other people.

In convenience gambling scenarios, discretionary spending and nondiscretionary addicted gambling dollars were transferred from other forms of consumer expenditures

If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well.

Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words, tripped up, bewildered and so defeated-thrown aside-a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.

Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.

Yon grey lines That fret the clouds are messengers of day.