Somewhere between the Angels and the French lies the rest of humanity.

America is still the best country for the common man -- white or black ... if he can't make it here he won't make it anywhere else.

Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless.

For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.

There can be no freedom without freedom to fail.

Mass movements do not usually rise until the prevailing order has been discredited.

Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.