We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.

In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong you cannot be too conservative.