What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love. They're the guiding lights of a life.

A country will have authority and influence because of moral factors, not its military strength; because it can be humble and not blatant and arrogant; because our people and our country want to serve others and not dominate others. And a nation without morality will soon lose its influence around the world.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

We have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other.

If you are low income in the United States, you have a higher chance of going to jail than getting a 4-year degree.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

Let no man turn aside, ever so slightly, from the broad path of honour, on the plausible pretence that he is justified by the goodness of his end. All good ends can be worked out by good means.