Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country..

Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals..

I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion..

From watching Lester (Flatt), I learned that it's important to be loyal to the people who made you and bought your music. He called me up to the fron….

Our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered citizen ….

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

The times when we could fully count on others are over to a certain extent..

Everyone loves a mysterious country..

I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don't know exactly where I fit in... There's a….

Country must confront what he called institutional racism. [We should] create a country which provides economic, social and environmental justice for….

When someone asks me about violence, I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no….

I just feel like the country is guilty. I think we should be deeply ashamed for what we've done in Iraq, and we've gotta reconcile that, and we've go….

There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas..

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both..

It is of great importance to me to be an example for young people of my country..

This country you're sitting in right now was not built on love, hugs, time-outs and trophies you didn't earn. This country was built on shame, humili….

What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence….

If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty ….

It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a different genre of music: country, R&….

The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations ….

Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls..