America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak…

An avenue to God, an example, a guide, and a source of reassurance, strength, and wisdom. (defining Christ)

A spirit that permeates the universe, the essence of truth, nature, being, life, indescribable concepts which are trivialized when expressed in words. (definin…

And now, friends and countrymen, if the wise and learned philosophers of the elder world, the first observers of nutation and aberration, the discoverers of ma…

On jazz: 'Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other coun…

The settlement of America had its origins in the unsettlement of Europe. America came into existence when the European was already so distant from the ancient …