It should seem that Negroes, of all Americans, would be found in the Free-thought fold, since they have suffered more than any other class of Americans from the dubious blessings of Christianity.

Show me a population that is deeply religious and I will show you a servile population, content with whips and chains, ... content to eat the bread of sorrow and drink the waters of affliction.

Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilization.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

Emotion is not what makes us weak. It's what makes us human, The ability to care, even if people often do not.

I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful.

Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.

People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not.I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.

Your life's short, don't ever question the length / It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

Cases of genocide carried out as policy may be found in historical documents as well as in the oral histories of Indigenous communities.

You cannot fail. You can only get results.