“Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.”

“Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”

“I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do ...”

“It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”

“Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?”

“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”

“To be a citizen in a democracy, a human being must be given a healthy start.”