We can't allow racism and xenophobia to gain traction.

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little.

The problems we face, did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

What my campaign is about is a political revolution - millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the hand full of billionaires.

An America where every person, no matter their race, their disability or their sexual orientation realizes the full promise of equality that is our birthright as Americans.

It's better to show up than to give up.

It's time to make our government work for all of us... and not just the 1%.

Real change never occurs from the top on down, [but] always from the bottom on up.

It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia.

The point is change can come about, but it only comes about when millions of people are actively involved in political struggle, the billionaires may have the money, but we have the people.

What kind of nation are we when we give tax breaks to billionaires, but we can't take care of the elderly and the children.

It is better to be a reader than richer.

Those who feel the pain of others are the most eligible for all joy of the world, unfortunately this rule is too corrupt.

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty and importance.

Feel that the energy of your willpower can easily deflect tension-causing feelings and frustrations that are directed towards you from the outside world.

I ought to tell you that I'm probably your cousin.

In the game of cricket it has always been customary to accord more adulation to batsman than to bowlers.

Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

There are two kinds of typical days. There's the typical day when I'm writing a novel, and there's the typical day when I'm not.

When they're standing right in front of you, kings are a kind of speech impediment.