Language is power that gets abused all the time, Robin, but we've got real enemies out there somewhere and until they're out of the picture, I won't get knotted up over people who don't get all the words right. It's…

Quote by Tim Eldred

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I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing...

I am just mystified by these people telling me I would think Obama was doing...

The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness...

The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness...

Haters and bullies are always cowards, you know. They like to pick on little guys.

Haters and bullies are always cowards, you know. They like to pick on little guys.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or...

There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land again after a cheerful, careless...

There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land again after a cheerful, careless...

People who change their religion should face the death penalty.

People who change their religion should face the death penalty.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by...

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by...

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and...

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and...

In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to...

In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to...

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not...

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

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

The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing...

The other day when I was walking through the woods, I saw a rabbit standing...

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue...

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue...

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is...