Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law.

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.

Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered.

Here's your enemy for this week, the government says. And some gullible Americans click their heels and salute - often without knowing who or even where the enemy of the week is.

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common.

If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Don't live beyond your means. Don't buy more than you can pay for. Don't expect to get rich quick. And don't confuse salesmen for friends or advisers.

Capitalism is like math. It is amoral. It is good at producing wealth; it's bad at distributing wealth. Unless it operates within a moral framework it will produce an unjust society.

There may be arrogance – and the laziness of someone who is indefatigable when doing what he enjoys, but only when doing that.

Don’t make excuses

The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.

My early career was a real rush of movies and stardom - it was almost overwhelming.

If people read 'Tomorrow' and feel that it is offering them some view of my own household, they would be very, very wrong.

All that matters is that you find a way to put the puck in the net. It doesn't matter how. I learned that from Mario.

Time is not a road - it is a room.

The market is not an invention of capitalism. It has existed for centuries. It is an invention of civilization.

There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.

I didn't really feel 100 percent comfortable until we started working on the 2004 election.