Fundamental values (such as equality and human rights) should not be held hostage to some factual conjecture about blank slates that might be refuted tomorrow.

Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things - they save you.

Your honor, throughout this process I've asked the government and the court to hold me and only me accountable for my actions.

We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.

Our mission is skill development. There can be no development with a satiated system.

We have to rethink, how do we get a complete 360-degree understanding of the patient?

Let my enemies devour each other.

Literature is the only access to truth we have on this planet.

It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.

Tobacco farmers would say, "Look, I'm just trying to make a living and feed my family." Nevertheless, tobacco is incredibly harmful and kills people.