There's no necessary connection between maximizing social utility or economic wealth and creating a flourishing democracy. The first does not guarantee the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Grant, Goddess, thy protection, And in protection, strength, And in strength, understanding, And in understanding, knowledge, And in knowledge the knowledge of… — Iolo Morganwg Copy Share Image
There is nothing just or fair about what happened to Jordan Edwards. And his story is yet another in a long line… — Kristen Soltis Anderson Copy Share Image
“I think about Rilke , who said that it's the questions that move us, not the answers. As a writer I believe… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“Our thinking goes like this: If there is a God at all, He is certainly not holy. If He is perchance holy,… — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I urge all Connecticut residents to reflect on the sacrifices made by the Greatest Generation during World War II. In the aftermath… — Ned Lamont Copy Share Image
With kings, nations, and private individuals, the strongest assume to themselves rights over the weakest, and the same rule is followed by… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The U.S. Attorneys who comprise the Attorney General's Advisory Committee play a critical role in carrying out the Department of Justice's important… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
We get twitted now and then on how we made this country. Well, we took the whole business, of course. It's not… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The metaphysical apologia at least betrayed the injustice of the established order through the incongruence of concept and reality. The impartiality of… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“for as we are never in a proper condition of doing justice to others, while we continue under the influence of some… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“THOU RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY SOVEREIGN, In whose hand is my life and whose are all my ways, Keep me from fluttering about… — Arthur Bennett Copy Share Image
“Learning about freedom, for . . . the very essence of human existence, knowledge, as the mind is an element that enables… — Martin Guevara Urbina Copy Share Image
We should know that only replacing the economics of competition and greed with the economics of equitable cooperation will guarantee a globalization… — Robin Hahnel Copy Share Image
“Too often we're told that advocates of new policies are putting values of fairness above practical concerns, while supporters of laissez-faire are… — Heather Boushey Copy Share Image
[Ginsburg's] feminism was very sweeping and very ambitious and very consistent. Justice O'Connor had a more case-by-case, pragmatic approach to her feminism.… — Linda Hirshman Copy Share Image
O, Begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercises... Whether you like it or no, read and pray daily. It… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
I never really sought out the captaincy at any stage in my career. Now that it has been handed to me, I… — Inzamam-ul-Haq Copy Share Image
“This is how we are being governed right now, people. Six conservative justices. They're just doing what they want. And what they… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
“I don't know who you are; you could be an axe murderer for all I know. How am I supposed to trust… — Wendy Owens Copy Share Image
Ask any real estate broker to name the three most important factors in buying a property, and he'll say: "Location, location, location."… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this… — Mohammed Morsi Copy Share Image
We must recover the whole sense of gift, of gratuitousness, of solidarity. Rampant capitalism has taught the logic of profit at all… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
In my view, the most important lesson we can learn from Dr. King is not what he said at the March on… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Showing your own righteousness by pointing out someone's unrighteousness, the race to the bottom, the transgressions getting smaller and smaller and smaller… — Megan Phelps-Roper Copy Share Image
In real life during the last decade of the twentieth century, Rumpelstiltskin would probably get the queen's daughter. He would no doubt… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
The industrial and social injustice of our era is the tragic aftermath of democracy's overemphasis on freedom as the "right to do… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“When you think yours is the only true path you forever chain yourself to judging others and narrow the vision of God.… — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“In concrete terms, God is revealed in the cross of Christ who was abandoned by God. His grace is revealed in sinners.… — Jurgen Moltmann Copy Share Image
The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters. The response to injustice is to share. The response to despair… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Your novels show only the tiniest fraction of detective work, the brilliant crime, the tantalizing clues, the dramatic chase, the final battle… — Stefan Petrucha Copy Share Image
If the world is made to furnish each individual with the means of livelihood and the instruments for his growth and progress,… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
“The Righteous Revolution of the Civil Rights Movement has unfortunately been high-jacked, by a small minority. And it has now become a… — Lawrence Sankar Copy Share Image
I'd say, [writing memoir] not so much a model, but maybe to provide an insight, here or there, to help somebody come… — Cornel West Copy Share Image