Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst. Read Summary
It is an affront to treat falsehood with complaisance. Read Summary
Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. Read Summary
The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong. Read Summary
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. Read Summary
Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below. Read Summary
If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. Read Summary
States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. Read Summary
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in Heaven - that's none of my business, ultimately. I won't lecture her on the philosophy of science. Read Summary
Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. Read Summary
When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won the Crusades and driven the pagans out of the Holy Land. Read Summary
I would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR. Read Summary
Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken. Read Summary
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Read Summary
I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I've seen de real thing, and I don't want to see it on no stage or in no theater. Read Summary
I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could. Read Summary
There are thousands of ways to take action. For example, plant trees, pick up litter, join an organisation or movement that makes a difference and especially try to influence adults and put pressure on people in power. Read Summary
I believe that one person can make a difference. Read Summary
My message to all the activists is to just keep going, and I know it really may seem impossible and hopeless sometimes - it always does - so you just have to keep going because if you try hard enough and long enough you will make a difference. Read Summary
I have promised myself that I'm going to do everything I can for as long as I can. Read Summary