The prerequisite for an ideology is possession of a basic truth.

The despair is there; now it's up to us to go in and rub raw the sores of discontent, galvanize them for radical social change.

True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on suits and infiltrate the system from within.

They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.

Control healthcare and you control the people

Never let a crisis go to waste

History is a relay of revolutions.

In the beginning the organizer's first job is to create the issues or problems.

Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasive friction of conflict.

The fourth rule is: "Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules." You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.

The establishment can accept being screwed, but not being laughed at

I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciousness overflows language: we perceive vastly more than we can describe.

I think laughter may be a form of courage.... As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

A gentleman does things no gentleman should do in a way only a gentleman can.

Superior leaders are willing to admit a mistake and cut their losses. Be willing to admit that you've changed your mind. Don't persist when the original decision turns out to be a poor one.

I pray every night before I go to sleep and every morning when I wake up.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

The completest submissiveness is your lot, and that is all.

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.

I'm so beyond genre, drama, comedies, I just want to do really good, interesting projects.

Art is what remains of religion: the dance above the yawning abyss.