Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this man has done his duty.

Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.

I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognize the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity.

Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.