It is so easy to be wrong-and to persist in being wrong-when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be free to do so, for his death is a benefit to the race in general.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.

In the midst of death life persists.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity, and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.