"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side."

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice."

"Good leadership consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people."

"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the ordinary."

"Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality."

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."

"We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about."

"Government is like Junior High. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute."