If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve the man but it would deteriorate the cat.
- Mark Twain

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Choice is the essence of what I believe is to be human.
- Liu Ullmas

Nonviolence is the answer to crucial political and moral question of our time...man must overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence.  Man must evolve for all human conflict, a method which reflects revenge, aggression and retaliation.  The foundation of such a method is love.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"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." 


Elie Wiesel