What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor mo….

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confi….

I simply like guns because you can't shoot people without them..

When people are grieving, it's kind of like a storm, and you need something to grab onto, but often you have to brave it on your own..

Let's put the safety and security of the American people first..

People are not born bastards. They have to work at it..

That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you have the ability for many people to beco….

What interests me is trying to catch the reflection of the human being on the page. I'm interested in how ordinary people live their lives.

That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people..

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist..

The use of a mere dozen nuclear weapons ... would be a human catastrophe without parallel. ... Because so few weapons can kill so many people, even f….

People ridicule you for the silliest thing, like what you wore to an event. At the end of the day, I'm just being me - if that's not good enough for ….

Revolution is the most dramatic appearance of a conscious people..

Eddie [Murphy] is an icon. He's one of the reason why I started doing comedy in the beginning. He opened a lot of doors for black people..

I love life and want to hold onto it. But my passion for justice for my tormented people, for their dignity and freedom, must be greater still. For o….

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing..

Make your judgments and then you don't have to worry about it. You're always going to have those people who are offended about every little thing..

We estimate that humanitarian agencies have access to about 350,000 vulnerable people in Darfur - only about one third of the estimated total populat….

It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people q….

People in L.A. think Im so posh. They think I live in Downton Abbey..

The most attractive thing that I've seen in the creative realm is the enthusiasm in people that does not seem to burn out. That's what I'm after..