“ Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races, and we are still far from this blissful realization. ”

“ What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife... Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment... ”

“ I realize I'm black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybody's wish. ”

“ It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones. ”

“ Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. ”

“ The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. ”

“ A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen. ”

“ Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. ”

“ As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking. ”

“ What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy? ”

“ An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. ”