I would hope that wherever I was I would be me. I have been influenced by some wonderful people who showed me that there is an integral relationship between faith and life at home. Evil is evil, repression is repression anywhere. And if it is not consistent with what one believes is God's will, then I would hope that one would be able to witness it, and there are wonderful people who do so in very great risks to themselves.

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

Restorative justice says "No, the offense affected a relationship" and what you are seeking for is to restore the relationship, to heal the relationship.

The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.

It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.