Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

The white man’s victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.

The white man's victory soon became complete by fraud, violence, intimidation and murder.

No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time.

She would lift her peignoir above her knees and say to her husband: 'Give baby a kiss...'

There is that smaller world which is the stage, and that larger stage which is the world.

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.

In confusing stock options with ownership, corporations confuse trappings with substance.

I can barely listen to my tapes when I'm transcribing, because I can't stand how I sound.

You really don't need to hire a debt settlement company to negotiate with your creditors.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by he qualities we possess.

I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.

Watching TV is the most popular leisure activity in Britain. I find that very depressing.

The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that's not my nature.

Aristotle deemed courage to be the first virtue, because it makes all the other possible.

America is White and Black and Latino and Asian. America is mixed. America is immigrants.

Frederick Douglass had to teach himself how to read before standing up to defeat slavery.

Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among blacks and Latinos in big cities.

Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS.

The rule is not to talk about money with people who have much more or much less than you.

Things a mother should know: how to comfort a son without exactly saying Daddy was wrong.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

There's nothing like being in the moment, even when that moment isn't captured or shared.

it is far better to appreciate and not to possess, than to possess and not to appreciate.

If a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color or religion.

When it's easy to make money, you have no incentive to think about development of talent.

The essential feature, and necessity of life is to know reality, which means knowing God.

The only ultimate disaster that can befall us is to feel ourselves at home on this earth.

Morality was probably the invention of unattractive men. Whom else does it benefit really

The fundamentalist Zionist lobby controls politics and the media in the US and Australia.

I was happy being a journalist. I didn't realize losing my job, my identity went with it.

I take advantage of every thing I can - age, hair, disability - because my cause is just.

I'm usually writing about survival. I never planned it, but it runs through all my books.

Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

I've learned over the years to hear what Putin is railing against in his own railing way.

Not only is it a great concept and a great idea -- helping people -- it's good pizza too!

You cannot write down how people are good; you just know it, and cannot get away from it.

I would be miserable if I went to bed without having written 1,000 words about something.

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength.

There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.

Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness.

Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God.

Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.

You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.

One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.

My sophomore year I spent exactly one day on the JV football team. It was the tryout day.

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