"A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress anticommunist, procapitalist governments and undermine and destroy popular movements whenever possible."

“I try to deal with my serious reading before work.”

“I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner.”

“I think people who go to a psychiatrist ought to have their heads examined.”

“Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.”

“I won't admit or deny anything...makes me more interesting.”

“As you know, in most areas of science, there are long periods of beginning before we really make progress.”

Source : "Art, Mind And Brain Intersect In Kandel's Vienna". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. March 30, 2012.

“Once you get your education it's going to open up so many doors for you. And the sky's the limit. So that's what I want to deliver to students.”

Source : "The Secrets To Jerry Rice’s Hall Of Fame Football Career Can Be Found In Crawford, Mississippi". Interview with Chris Greenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 22, 2013.

“The people's liberties strengthen the king's prerogative, and the king's prerogative is to defend the people's liberties.”