"In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010."

"But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid."

"In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event."

"One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up."

"God is the King. In him exists all legal authority."

"Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world."

"I am climbing a difficult road but the glory gives me strength."

"It is a humble truth that the highest expression of strength is tenderness toward the vulnerable."