The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality.
Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.
We should have learnt by now that laws and court decisions can only point the way. They can establish criteria of right and wrong. And they can provide a basis for rooting out the evils of bigotry and racism. But they cannot wipe away centuries of oppression and injustice - however much we might desire it.
You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?
What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.
The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung.
The Heavenly Father does not ask for golden vessels. He does not ask for silver vessels. God asks for yielded vessels.
It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth.
Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them.
Men must work, and women must weep.