Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.

When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.

The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

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.