Freedom is never granted it is won.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

Freedom is never given; it is won.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never granted; it is won. Justice is never given; it is exacted.

It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest.

The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.

Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action.

Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible.

In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.

Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within.

Power is the flower of organization.

Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes.

I felt absolutely nothing, and that frightened me even more than the darkness of oblivion

Beyond all judgments of good and bad ...is perfection - Vivian Amis

Religion is not a book, it is a neurological sentiment.

I didn't have an imaginary friend, and even if I did I'm sure it would have been derivative of something I saw on television.

I wish I were worthy of his love. (Any love.)I should tell him to run. But I can't. I need him.

You've got Bush and Gore headed to the Supreme Court. You've got George W. Bush's intelligence will be pitted against Al Gore's honesty. This is more like a case for small claims court.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus... If I have to sacrifice everything... I will.

In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.