I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington [the White House.]
This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell.
To give preference to the life of a being simply because that being is a member of our species would put us in the same position as racists who give preference to those who are members of their race.
There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.
I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.
I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.
Let there be worse cotton and better men.
