In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

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.

The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.