Jail is much easier on people who have nothing.

With my time in the limelight, I regret that I didnt use it more to push vegetarianism. I support vegetarian options in the school lunch program.

When you are surrounded by four people, one of them smiling, taunting, demanding, terrorizing, you don't have a complete grasp or perfect vision.

Society is better off without certain people.

I don't regret pulling the trigger. I should have been more careful with many of the things I said afterwards. That was a big regret.

I would, without any hesitation, shoot a violent criminal again.

Prior to being mugged I did not feel I had to carry a gun. However, I knew how to shoot a gun very proficiently. As a boy, I used to play cowboys and Indians all the time.

I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.

To shoot a gun proficiently, including speed shooting, is much less of a skill than typing.

Anyone, any type of story, it doesnt have to be a crime victim, you dont have to let yourself be food for the media.

The whole trial seemed surreal.

History is an excellent teacher with few pupils.

In a capitalist society there are always inequalities of class and wealth. People who inherit money and property will always see themselves as being superior to those who have to work for it.

I realize im black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish.

The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.

Not everybody has things that become classics.

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.

Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.

We begin life with loss. We are cast from the womb without an apartment, a charge plate, a job or a car. We are sucking, sobbing, clinging, helpless babies.

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

it's a good idea to review past mistakes before committing new ones.