This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God.

Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own

I'm a warrior for the middle class.

I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.

We can either walk the highroad of brotherhood or the low road of man's inhumanity to man.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

Whatever my doubts, however heavy the burden, I feel that I must accept the task of helping to make this nation and this world a better place to live in - for all men, black and white alike.

There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.

I believe men and women are the same and that women should be given an equal chance to serve God with men.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.

The individual will always be a minority. If a man is in a minority of one, we lock him up.