If you're going to get in the ring and try to take the belt, you have to prepare to get hit.

Our democratic richness arrives when we're able to comprehend our collective humanity accurately.

Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers.

People don't really think other people are the same.

Above all else, [Benny Goodman] was a great player, one of the greatest American music has produced. He brought his absolute talent and his invincible love of music to the fore every time he played. There are many other things connected to society and ethnicity that are often mentioned in a discussion of Benny Goodman but all of them are connected to his overwhelming affection for the art of the music and the fairness it should be allowed to express.

If you're going to get in the ring and try to take the belt, you have to prepare to get hit.

When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.