It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.

If you are feeling helpless, help someone.

Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first learn to liberate their own minds from apathy and fear.

To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national entity. For that they have to be confident that they too have an active role to play in shaping the destiny of the state that demands their allegiance.

There can be no civil peace without the rule of law.