"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."

"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them."

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

"Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end."

"The most difficult thing is not to change society — but to change yourself."