The moment our dignity is undermined, we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored - especially if we are humiliated.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.

I say somewhat facetiously, "I'm so glad I'm not God." Can you imagine being God and looking at Syria and saying: "These are my children. Look at what they're doing to each other."

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

Most poor people I know are proud and really want not a handout but a hand up. They do have an inherent pride and dignity, and we should treat them as those who have fallen on bad days.

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.