The common good is the notion of shared collective responsibility and reciprocity. It's that that we've lost.

Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history.

All of my work in some way or another speaks to political issues according to the upbringing that I had, which was deeply rooted in principles.

We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is called the common good.

The internet has made possible a frightening practice of threats and intimidation - threats of unspeakable violence and death.

The Trump election brought it the fore and made it possible for a number of different groups whose aim is to stop the teaching of critical thinking to to launch direct attacks.

Even a lamb can defend itself, but a tree cannot even do that. If you are a just person, you never harm any tree, those defenceless angels!

I'm against an income tax because all the rich people hire lawyers and accountants to be sure that they don't pay income tax.

I write, but I don't write poetry. I don't rhyme or anything like that.

There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.

Boxing is your father's sport.

A book is kind because its pages let us know when it is coming to an end.

Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.

The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you.

When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

Those who do not fear the sword they wield have no right to wield a sword at all. ~Shuhei Hisagi