“Freedom is the continuous action we all must take, and each generation must do its part to create an even more fair, more just society.”

Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.

We need some creative tension; people crying out for the things they want.

You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.

It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener.

The lessons of nonviolence are universal.

The reward for playing jazz is playing jazz.

If you come together with a mission, and it’s grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.

Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America. It’s not a struggle that lasts for a few days, a few weeks, a few months, or a few years. It is the struggle of a lifetime, more than one lifetime.

Peace cannot exist where justice is not served.

You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.

I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.

You have to tell the whole truth, the good and the bad, maybe some things that are uncomfortable for some people.

I believe that you see something that you want to get done, you cannot give up, and you cannot give in.

I say to people today, ‘You must be prepared if you believe in something. If you believe in something, you have to go for it. As individuals, we may not live to see the end.

Comics, in a sense, the style, the images – it’s almost like music.

Races don’t fall in love, genders don’t fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.

Good words,” I replied. “But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don’t forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.

Men should not petition for rights, but take them.

Shooting at a man who is returning the compliment means going into action with the greatest speed of which a man’s muscles are capable, but mentally unflustered by an urge to hurry or the need for complicated nervous and muscular actions which trick shooting involves.

Honest people don’t hide their deeds.

I never considered my dreams wasted energy; they were invariably linked to some form of action. When I dreamed about having a lemonade stand, for example, it wasn’t long before I set up a lemonade stand.

All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.

When there is no oxygen the muscles become acidic and we can’t perform any more.

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for.