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

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

I often wonder how we can make the more fortunate in this country fully aware of the fact that the problem of the unemployed is not a mechanical one. It is a problem alive and throbbing with human pain.

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities.

There is in every country an antipathy to the foreigner.

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.

I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.