This tendency to make laws that are convenient or advantageous rather than right has mushroomed.

Every fool in error can find a passage of scripture to back him up

He who is less than just is less than man.

If we say, as we do, that no one in this country intends for racism to lead to genocide, the effects of racism are genocidal, regardless of our intentions.

He was one of those young men who possess an impressive store of facts, but no truths.

The author explains that some find recourse from injustice in literature and art but that these tend to deepen sensitivity to injustice rather than dull it.

If virtue does not equal powers, powers will be misused.

It was a little thing, but on top of the other little things, it broke something in me.

Your blanks have been filled in far differently from those of a child grown up in the filth and poverty

In the context of today, this WAS heroism.

We fill too many gutters while we argue unimportant points and confuse issues.

The gift blesses the giver.

To the extent that I am genuinely educated, I am suspicious of all the things that the average citizen believes and the average pedagogue teaches.

A woman whose heart is not touched by the sickness of sorrow and whose hands do not go out in relief where it is in her power to help, lacks one of the elements which make the glory of womanhood.

I'm not a dictator who writes things to tell people what to do.

A guy isn't the only thing that will make me happy. If I never find romance or love, that will be okay. It's what I want, but it doesn't define me.

To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing.

My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person.

A brilliant mind was never as clever as three average minds sniffing after something of interest.

You know, freedom is a very popular idea, and young people love it, and they're open to ideas. And they like principled answers to our problems.

Horses have never hurt anyone yet, except when they bet on them.