A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

We're not a democracy. It's a terrible misunderstandin g and a slander to the idea of democracy to call us that. In reality, we're a plutocracy: a government by the wealthy.

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the gap between what you do and what you say.

The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.

Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to the poor.

People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

This country of ours has committed the most serious act of aggression in its history by engaging in a war of aggression without a declaration of war by Congress.

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

The great and constant need of those who investigate homicide and practice forensic pathology or criminal law is a warm humanism.

Violence is the ultimate human degradation.

It takes a great deal of courage to stand alone even if you believe in something very strongly.

Racism is a common delusion, a mental illness that can be cured with truthful education.

It was his knowledge of his own willful stupidity that had brought on his irritation

God can and will break the labels that have held you hostage.

One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.

I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.

I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

Instead of working to undo POTUS exec action, we need to workcollaboratively to achieve comprehensive immigration reform.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.