In general the 53 countries on the continent of Africa have made great progress towards freedom and democracy, and in terms of electing good, sound administrations.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

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.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

It is ok to make mistakes in life as long as you try again”.

Religion is what you do with your solitude.

When we assess someone's life or health on the basis of surface-level observations or passing comments, it presents us with a very flawed version of reality.

Appraisal – the best resources will get the worst result

But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself.

Dance like nobody's watching.

I am proud to be a Southerner.

Madonna was so flamboyant in terms of her look, her style, her public pronouncements, her religious taboo-smashing.

Human rights is the only ideology that deserves to survive