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.
I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.
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 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.
