"That's all nonviolence is - organized love."

“Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.”

Source : "An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice: And Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness".

“When you're writing for theater or TV, it's open-ended in scope. You can write 10 separate pieces that are really effective but have no place on a rock record or whatever.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“Can any one be so indifferent or idle as not to care to know by what means, and under what kind of polity, almost the whole inhabited world was conquered and brought under the dominion of the single city of Rome, and that too within a period of not quite fifty-three years?”

Source : Polybius, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh (2012). “The Histories of Polybius: Translated from the Text of F. Hultsch”, p.1, Cambridge University Press

“I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas.”

“opening the book, i inhaled. the smell of old books, so sharp, so dry you can taste it.”

“People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person.”

Source : "From the Vaults: Slick Rick, circa 98-99". Interview with Adisa Banjoko, allhiphop.com. March 1, 2005.

“Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.”

“We must never forget that Christ did not suffer just during His three years of public ministry or the last few days of His life when He was crucified. No, He suffered throughout His life on earth. He who was without sin lived daily with the corruption and sinfulness of lost humanity.”