We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.

This world's not going to change unless we're willing to change ourselves.

What I treasure most in life is being able to dream. During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future.

I am like a drop of water on a rock. After drip, drip, dripping in the same place, I begin to leave a mark, and I leave my mark in many people's hearts.

We have learned that change cannot come through war. War is not a feasible tool to use in fighting against the oppression we face. War has caused more problems. We cannot embrace that path.

We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contributions of our peoples.

... only those of us who carry our cause in our hearts are willing to run the risks.

The people are the only ones capable of transforming society.

I wish that a conscious sense of peace and a feeling of human solidarity would develop in all peoples.

There is not one world for man and one for animals, they are part of the same one and lead parallel lives.

unless a religion springs from within the people themselves, it is a weapon of the system.

Religion is not a bridge between God and Man it is the Great Wall of China between them!

When he smiles like that, there's a single dimple. It was the thing that got me the very first time I saw him.

The fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of a hardware store.

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.

You were out on tour, 75 cities in 80 days, and then making records on top of it. And they started calling us the Hollywood Vampires 'cause anybody only saw us at night.

Democrats will play the old Washington game of calling reductions in the rate of growth of spending for any program a 'cut'.

I've had the philosophy that John Adams expressed, in the kind of system that we're trying to create in this country: that this is a system for moral people. It will work for no other.

You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them.

It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach.