It's the middle class that feels the luxury of being able to have causes.

Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail.

The society whose citizens are willing to stand and fight is the one with the best chance of surviving long enough for history to even notice.

Home is anywhere that you know all your friends and all your enemies.

Sister Carlotta, I'm on a leave of absence right now. That means I've been sacked, in case you don't understand how the I.F. handles these things.” "Sacked! A miscarriage of justice. You ought to be shot.

If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.

There's no need to legalize gay marriage. I have plenty of gay friends who are committed couples; some of them call themselves married, some don't, but their friends treat them as married. Anybody who doesn't like it just doesn't hang out with them.