I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."

"Compassion is the basis of all morality"

"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."

"I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas"

"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future"

"One person can make a difference and every person should try."

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to make it the last.

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.