I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.

Those who can't imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change.

Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice

What has sustained me even in the most grim moments is the knowledge that I am a member of a tried and tested family which has triumphed over many difficulties.

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds

Racism is a blight on the human conscience