It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed in retaliation.
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.
I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood.
Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence.
When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow.