I am in the continual process of transcending fear-based rituals.
Peace means having a bigger stick than the other guy.
Courage, after all, is not being unafraid, but doing what needs to be done in spite of fear.
If we do not save the environment, then whatever we do in civil rights will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction.
Institutional practices, it seems, perpetuate themselves mostly by their invisibility.
We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.
It’s hard to pay attention and stay focused, especially when there is a lot going on around you.
Evil societies always kill their consciences.
Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.
Over the years, there has been an intermingling of film and aircraft. This relationship has generated all kinds of movies, including those filmed in San Diego.
Ugliness has its own splendor when it houses a soul of beauty.
Anyone who said he wasn’t afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn’t shake but inside I was shaking.
I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers – which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.
One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.
As America’s head coach, President Obama needs to make some big and smart adjustments to jump-start economic growth and business investment, stimulate job creation, and get wages up for ordinary Americans.
I am a Yankees fan. I should say – have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.
Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.
Killing terrorists is cheaper than capturing them.
Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won, and that is absolute nonsense.