Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.

A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.

Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward, ” he explained.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.

A crusade is, simply put, something that's bigger than you are. It's a "cause" with an impact that reaches beyond your personal wants and needs.

A lot of times if you go to counseling you find out the thing we think are big issues to our partner is not near as big as we think it is.

I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple.

If people were like rain, I was like drizzle and she was a hurricane.

Men will risk their lives, even die for ribbons.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

We all float down here!