“Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility.”

“Terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere . . . simply decide to hate [others]. It happens because children aren't being offered a bright enough future that they have a reason to choose life over death.”

“I've learned that terror doesn't happen because some group of people somewhere like Pakistan or Afghanistan simply decide to hate us. It happens because children aren't being offered a bright enough future that they have a reason to choose life over death.”

“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”

“... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow.”

“Even for those to whom life and death are equal jests. There are some things that are still held in respect.”