Never interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake.
Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed without the leadership of the strong and engagement of all.
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government.
They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.
I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.