"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special."

"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."

"I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people."

"As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself."

"A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones."