I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in their lives when they need to be alone and quiet and to be able to accept their aloneness.

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All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

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I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the...

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television....

I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television....

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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.