My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.

Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.

Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong.

It is an anomaly that we can split the atom, but we are nearly powerless to persuade each other to embrace justice.

Arguments do not erase prejudice any more than arguments erase scars, whether psychological or physical.

We could advance the human race enormously if we but learned to communicate honestly with our neighbors.

Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.