I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.

We stand today at the threshold of a great event both in the life of the United Nations and in the life of mankind. This declaration may well become the international Magna Carta for all men everywhere. We hope its proclamation by the General Assembly will be an event comparable to the proclamation in 1789 [of the French Declaration of the Rights of Man], the adoption of the Bill of Rights by the people of the U.S., and the adoption of comparable declarations at different times in other countries.

The morality of a [political] party must grow out of the conscience and the participation of the voters.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

No one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

We do not move forward by curtailing people's liberty because we are afraid of what they may do or say.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.