This country maintains that there is no political prisoners, that everybody is criminals, but it's just not true.

People don't even know that we have political prisoners.

I'm proud to be associated with the liberation of Assata Shakur.

I had been attracted by Malcolm X when he was still a member of the Nation of Islam.

I'm sure that those - well, I know for a fact that the prisoners, the political prisoners in the federal system, is asking [Barack Obama] for clemency or for some kind of release.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

What you want most you push away from you.You want more than you care to admit.

I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk.

One of the most convicting things I have recently come to realize about Jesus is that He was never, not once, in a hurry.

A world of fully developed individuals is immune to the cult of collectivism.

Why is it always such a surprise? thinks Toby. The moon. Even though we know it's coming. Every time we see it, it makes us pause, and hush.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

I remember vividly what it's like to read as a 10-year-old - that passionate inhabiting of a book.

The greatest need of the contemporary international system is an agreed concept of order.

Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.