I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice of law, and to the justice for all mankind, to cry out against this discrimination which is essentially unjust and opposed to the whole basis of the attitude towards justice which is part of the tradition of legal training in this country. I believed that in taking up a stand against this injustice I was upholding the dignity of what should be an honorable profession.

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.

Know your enemy - and learn about his favorite sport.

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.