I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.

- Peter B. Lewis

I don't believe that laws against things that people do regularly, like safe and responsible use of marijuana, make any sense.

- Peter B. Lewis

The joy of juxtaposition is endless.

- Peter B. Lewis

Seeing results flow from my gifts is my greatest pleasure as a philanthropist - whether exonerating a jailed innocent or completing a Frank Gehry bui…

- Peter B. Lewis

Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vic…

- Peter B. Lewis