Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment.

Death is not only an unusually severe punishment, unusual in its pain, in its finality and in its enormity, but is serves no penal purpose more effectively than a less severe punishment.

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.

Religious conflict can be the bloodiest and cruelest conflicts that turn people into fanatics.

Perhaps the bleakest fact of all is that the death penalty is imposed not only in a freakish and discriminatory manner, but also in some cases upon defendants who are actually innocent.

We cannot let colorblindness become myopia which masks the reality that many "created equal" have been treated within our lifetimes as inferior both by the law and by their fellow citizens.

After each perceived security crisis ended, the United States has remorsefully realized that the abrogation of civil liberties was unnecessary.

The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we.

I am not a teacher, but I am a friend who likes to kindle your heart and awaken your mind.

All places that the eye of heaven visits are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus

Knowingness: I am like a newborn baby every day I wake up with a new slate to create.

You know what, evolution is a myth. ... Why aren't monkeys still evolving into humans?

You do not have to be an economist to know that putting up the cost of employing someone is a pretty barking thing to do when you're trying to get out of a recession.

Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.

People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.

You should really stop worrying, develop the real wish to live and with a good motivation, [such as] "I have a better life and I can put that life at the benefit of others."

These lands are not always calm. We may well have more adventures ahead of us. But we shall meet them with high hearts.

Don't chase the paper, chase the dream.