Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the fiscal policies of the government, they will move to vote for themselves all the money in the treasury, and bankrupt the nation.

Marriage is the sunset of love.

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of his life.

Given the racist and patriarchal patterns of the state, it is difficult to envision the state as the holder of solutions to the problem of violence against women of color. However, as the anti-violence movement has been institutionalized and professionalized, the state plays an increasingly dominant role in how we conceptualize and create strategies to minimize violence against women.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

I want to be like a sunflower; so that even on the darkest days I will stand tall and find the sunlight.