When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

In The Field Of Public Education, The Doctrine Of 'Separate But Equal' Has No Place

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education.

It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

To get what you want, STOP doing what isn't working.

Inside, I screamed for help but the words knew better than to escape my lips.

Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!

I'm grateful to have gone through so many different seasons of life because without those years of searching, I'd still have no idea who I am and what Andrew Ripp really has to say.

Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.

The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.

It must be confessed that horses at present work too exclusively for men, rarely men for horses; and the brute degenerates in man's society.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

I feel like, if it's supposed to happen, then it'll happen. God will send me somebody special, whenever the timing is right, so I'm just patient.

If I was on an island, just for melody, I would take albums by the Stones, AC/DC and the Beach Boys' Smiley Smile.

We are not set apart to rule, but chosen and set apart to serve.