Other people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl.
My mind is my own church.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Race doesn't really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Black folks don't have that choice.
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
Our Lord never referred to unanswered prayer; he taught that prayers are always answered. He ever implied that prayers were answered rightly because of the Heavenly Father's wisdom.
At the end of your days, be leaning forwards, not falling backwards.