"We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of let's-take-care-of-one-another. That's the creative challenge"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"

"There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth"

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"

"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone"

"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance"

"Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty"