Whenever the dollar is held supreme and capitalistic interests dominate, a higher value will always be placed upon property rights than upon human rights.

If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.

America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.

America is 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 96 percent of the world's hard drugs.

Don't have a high school diploma? You're in my Cabinet. Why? For 200 years, a lot of Cabinets have existed in our government. Powerful men. Well-educated. So let's try something totally new.

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.

Some kind of way, we have to say enough is enough.