The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.

We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels.

With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

Fascism is a worldwide disease. Its greatest threat to the United States will come after the war, either via Latin America or within the United States itself.

This is a fight between a free world and a slave world.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

Scientific understanding is our joy. Economic and political understanding is our duty.

A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.

Somebody said once or wrote, once: 'We're all of us children in a vast kindergarten trying to spell God's name with the wrong alphabet blocks!

Compassion is born from the imagination. To have the desire to be compassionate, you have to imagine a world that’s better than the one you live in.

If I write that it was a cold day, you can be sure I know it was a cold day because Pepys told us.

What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.

I don't make a list of questions. Ever. I think a lot of my interviews are driven by my need to feel connection.

What a man misses mostly in heaven is company.

We're being trained through our incarnations--trained to seek love, trained to seek light, trained to see the grace in suffering.

It's very hard to predict what kind of uses we'd make of assistants that could read and understand all the information the human race has ever generated. It could be really transformational.

We need more citizens that are committed and courageous.

As a woman, you have to choose between your fanny or your face. I chose my face.