We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.

Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered.

Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common.

If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking.

I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette.

I'd really love to make something that doesn't involve my stupid face.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Make good the good in you...and you will slowly steal into the Hawaiian heart, which is all of softness, and gentleness, and sweetness.

I think there is little harm in venting here and there about things, as we are all human, and it is good to express emotions.

True and lasting solution to correct ills can be found only by inner, collective transformation of human beings.

Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil.

My call is the call of battle- I nourish active rebellion;/ He going with me must go well armed.

I was born in Taunton, Massachusetts on June 1, 1917, but I actually grew up in nearby New Bedford.