I answer, Socrates, that rhetoric is the art of persuasion in courts of law and other assemblies, as I was just now saying, and about the just and unjust.

Nothing exists; even if something exists, nothing can be known about it; and even if something can be known about it, knowledge about it can't be communicated to others.

Speech is a powerful master and achieves the most divine feats with the smallest and least evident body. It can stop fear, relieve pain, create joy, and increase pity

The man who deceives shows more justice than he who does not

Being is unrecognizable unless it manages to seem, and seeming is feeble unless it manages to be.

Men who neglect philosophy while busying themselves with ordinary affairs are like the Suitors [in the Odyssey] who desired Penelope but went to bed with her maids.

If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.

Mental anguish always results from the avoidance of legitimate suffering.

Reputation became the pirates' sharpest sword.

Editorials are editorials. They a supposed to have an opinion, even a very strong one.

It's always good to be working.

Do not be afraid to get close to your opponent. The closer you are, the more you will learn.

The Pledge of Allegiance says "...with liberty and justice for all." What part of "all" don't you understand?

The message has to go to the streets, it's imperative that we reach those who may not get to a church. We receive their questions, it's important that the world asks questions.

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

People recognize something's going to happen, and they'd better get ready.

I taught myself to name my name, To bark back, loosen love and crying; To ease my woman so she came, To ease an old man who was dying.