We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and white.

Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.

I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote...

All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared; it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.