If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King.

People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.

Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy.

A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of state-inflicted death, which chiefly serves to remind us how close we remain to the jungle.

Democracy is just a word. You have to give it meaning. The US is not a democracy. Most Americans do not vote. We haven't had a real choice for a long, long time now. Wealth rules. Corporations rule. The US is a plutocracy - government by wealthy people. Certain people control multinational corporations. You couldn't get elected in the US without lots of money.

If Rosa Parks had not refused to move to the back of the bus, you and I might never have heard of Dr. Martin Luther King.