I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women.
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
Do not believe the laws of God were suspended for England because you were born here.
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said “let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
I swear to the Lord I still can’t see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.