Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.
A newspaper is the lowest thing there is.
Power is dangerous unless you have humility.
The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.
I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.
If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?
The Democratic Party is the party that opened its arms. We opened them to every nationality, every creed. We opened them to the immigrants. The Democratic Party is the party of the people.
I mean. . . if you're raised as a decent human being, killing somebody is against every moral thing you've ever been taught. And so, generally, in combat it's 'krauts,' the 'gooks,' the 'yanks' - whatever you want to do to try and make it so that it's not a human being.
I used to anticipate my childhood birthday parties as if each were an annual coronation. Like most kids, I loved sitting at the head of the table with a crown on my head.
Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.
As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.