"Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself."

"Experience is everything. Somebody who has experienced something is more expert at it than the experts."

"The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving."

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."

"I began to understand with a terrible sureness that we teach what we need to learn and write what we need to know."