"I didn't want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen."

"George W. Bush will have to come to the UN and admit that he was wrong."

"Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner, more so than anyone is willing to point out in the media."

"Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war?"

"“Frank and explicit;” that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others."

"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself."

"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."