I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.

Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have.

I will remember this, thought Ender, when I am defeated. To keep dignity, and give honor where it's due, so that defeat is not disgrace. And I hope I don't have to do it often.

As history shows us, when colonization is voluntary, people will self-select better than any testing system. It’s like those foolish attempts to control immigration to American based on the traits that were deemed desirable, when in fact the only trait that defines Americans historically is “descended from somebody willing to give up everything to live there.” Willingness is the single most important test.

He is dangerous, he is beautiful, I could drown in his understanding.

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.

When you really know somebody you can’t hate them. Or maybe it’s just that you can’t really know them until you stop hating them.