There are some people in this world who would never plant a seed because it doesn't produce fruit the first season.

[As a child] I was very interested in books that detailed injustice and how people who are underdogs were mistreated throughout history.

In the meantime the big corporations are fleeing America for tax havens and places like Ireland, Luxembourg and the Grand Cayman Islands; the rich are finding more tax loopholes to expect; so when are the people going to basically roll up their sleeves and say, we've had enough, we're going to recapture Congress.

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.

To top it off, for those of you who are interested in the economics, it costs more to pursue a capital case toward execution than it does to have full life imprisonment without parole.

Gates's net wealth is greater than the combined net worth of the poorest 40% of Americans (112,000,000 people).

Power concedes nothing without a demand. The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations.