We have very strong environmental laws in the United States and elsewhere around the world. The problem is that they're seldom enforced.
~ Robert Kennedy
I always knew that I was going be an environmental advocate when I was very young.
No one needs to tell me about the importance of the free press in a democratic society or about the essential role a newspaper can play in its community.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of society. For one man to disobey a law he does not like is to invite others to disobey another law which he may regard as indispensable to his own livelihood - or life.
America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity - the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
I can understand the Chinese Wall: it was built as a defense against marauders. But a wall such as that in Berlin, built to prevent people from seeking freedom, is almost beyond comprehension.
It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.
