Mandela today is almost universally held as a heroic freedom fighter, and of course rightly so.

Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of government.

Democracy can't function without an informed citizenry.

The notion that the records of government are the property of the people is radically democratic, but it is broken in practice.

If there is nothing new under the sun, at least the sun itself is always new, always re-creating itself out of its own inexhaustible fire.

Me to Comma: I will never get use to you wanting to butt your way into my sentences -- even if you're right.

If truth is what you seek, then the examined life will only take you on a long ride to the limits of solitude and leave you by the side of the road with your truth and nothing else.

One cannot learn so well as by experiencing it oneself.

I can drink like a fish, or at least, someone born with fetal alcohol syndrome.

We can also reassure our Palestinian partners that we understand the importance of territorial contiguity in the West Bank for a viable Palestinian state ...

If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that's kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it's Loving Kindness.

My friends, if we are going to do a great work for God, we must spend much time in prayer; we have got to be closeted with God.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

Some girls never know what they are going to do from one husband to another.