No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.

Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.

There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press