There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.

There are people who go to bed hungry, and that is unconscionable.

I wish that we did have a magic wand which we could wave and hey presto! Magic! Unfortunately life is not like that.

All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.

We must return to the fundamentals; the fundamentals being that you count. That is where you start from. That you count; you matter for God. That is a fantastic realization, and one that very few of us actually get to accept.

When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.

Trust is one of the fundamentals of human existence. We need to be able to trust one another. A man who can no longer trust anyone will become sick.