“Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live.”

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify?

Leadership does not mean domination.

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made.

Place principle above all else.

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world’s fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many.

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility.

As man’s faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life.

Democracy, Republic: What do these words signify? What have they changed in the world? Have men become better, more loyal, kinder? Are the people happier? All goes on as before, as always. Illusions, illusions.

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment.

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse?

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God.

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man.

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon.

There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical well being of our people merits as much attention as its spiritual welfare

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.

To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion.

And when the time is right, I hope that African Americans will again look to the party of emancipation, civil liberty, and individual freedom.

In a free society we will tolerate boorish people, who have abhorrent behavior, but if we’re civilized people we publicly criticize that and don’t belong to those groups or associate with those people.

If our freedom is taken, the American dream will wither and die.

I think if women would indulge more freely in vituperation, they would enjoy ten times the health they do. It seems to me they are suffering from repression.

Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.