Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

I wonder whether there has been too much emphasis on teaching women to conform, to fit into the system. Certainly that suits conservative organizations in conservative times. But now ... innovation and creativity are necessary.

Power is the ability to get things done

Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India's tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect.

The commune movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the nineteenth century and exist again today, a belief that by creating the right social institution, human satisfaction and growth can be achieved.