“Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state,' therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society.”
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“People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all.”
“No, I make no pretension to patriotism. So long as my voice can be heard on this or the other side of the Atlantic, I will hold up America to the lightning scorn of moral indignation. In doing this, I shall feel myself discharging the duty of a true patriot; for he is a lover of his country who rebukes and does not excuse its sins.”
“TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in!”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”
“Health is a human right, not a privilege to be purchased.”
“No individual or people can achieve anything without industry suffering, and sacrifice.”
“If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected - those, precisely, who need the law's protection most! - and listens to their testimony.”
“I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.”
“Never back down from a real challenge. They give the best lessons in life.”
“The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar.”
“Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
“Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard.”
“If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.”
“If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.”
“I tell the truth. And I know what I'm talking about. That's why I'm a threat.”
“Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species-it is the tigress and lioness in you which tends to defend when attacked.”
“I don't take nothin' from no one. I do what I wanna do. And I'm gonna do that until the day I die. And if I can't do that, then I'll just die.”