Pastoral Resources

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were women.

A gentleman opposed to their enfranchisement once said to me, women have never produced anything of any value to the world. I told him the chief product of the women had been the men, and left it to him to decide whether the product was of any value.

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.

If the women of the United States, with their free schools and all their enlarged liberties, are not superior to women brought up under monarchical forms of government, then there is no good in liberty.

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.