In his lifetime the great French impressionist painter Corot painted 2000 canvases. Of that number, 3000 are in the United States.
We tend to look at countries in terms of failed states and functioning states, which is rather simplistic.
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.
In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples.
The war on drugs causes other supplemental crimes to take place because of the original illegality of it. But then again, that's the other reason that they're fighting it is the corporate prisons they have now. Because they've privatized all our prisons, corporations have to make money, and the only way they can make money is, I believe, the prisons have to be at least 80-90 percent full. That's why the United States - which is home of the brave, land of the free - we have more people in prison than any other country in the world.
One man's death: that is a catastrophe. A hundred thousand dead: that is a statistic
A Republican Congressman, Rep. Chris Lee, was caught flirting with a woman trolling for dates on Craigslist and sent her a shirtless photo of himself. He lied about his age and his marital status. He said he was 39 and divorced. He's 46 and married, though being a Republican congressman, I'm guessing he's really 60 and gay.
We all do things at certain points that are contradictory. Some things, it's a smaller contradiction, and other things it's larger.