“People have always needed art: but why have they needed it?”

“Always needing to have the last word is a bad trait Ms. Blake, pisses people off.”

“The gods need heroes. They always have.”

“The growers in Delano have their spiritual problems… we do not deny that. They have every right to have priests and ministers who serve their needs. But we have different needs, and so we needed a friendly spiritual guide. And this is true in every community in this state where the poor face tremendous problems. But the opposition raises a tremendous howl about this. They don't want us to have our spiritual advisors, friendly to our needs. Why is this? Why indeed except that there is tremendous spiritual and economic power in the church. The rich know it, and for that reason they choose to keep it from the people.”

“The animals have no need for speech, why talk when you are a word.”

“Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?”

“When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.”

“Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.”

“And I have to point out that government doesn't tax to get the money it needs, government always needs the money it gets.”

“Little people have few passions, they hardly have anything but needs.”