The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated.

I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.

Oh, 1994, April 27. There won't be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness that had never been there before.

We are given an autonomy and the real autonomy... and God would much rather we went freely to hell than compel us to go to heaven.

Each of us is precious to God because each of us has their name written on the palms of God's hands. And God says there are no outsiders - black, white, yellow, short, tall, young, old, rich, poor, gay, lesbian, straight - everyone. All belong. And God says, I have only you to help me realize my dream. Help me.

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.

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.