Capitalism is not a perfect system. It may be better than all the other systems, but it's not a perfect system.
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
Our form of government does not enter into rivalry with the institutions of others. Our government does not copy our neighbors', but is an example to them. It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while there exists equal justice to all and alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit
Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.
We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.
I know we're termites. But if all the termites got together, the house would fall down.
Jello's Biafra kind of like my weird, retarded uncle. He's part of the family.
Just what is meant by 'your word?' It means your conscious intention, your conscious direction, your conscious faith and acceptance that, because of what you are doing, the Power of Spirit will flow through your word in the direction you give It.
All I have left is my anger at the foolishness of the world. The unnecessary cruelties, the pomposity and vanity of people who should know better. Most of the time I just want to shake some sense into the world.