"I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government."

“I've never been a yes man.”

“Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.”

“It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 443), 1895.

“My priorities? The environment, the environment, the environment.”

Source : "'My Priorities? The Environment, the Environment, the Environment'" by Michael White and Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. January 13, 2006.

“It's time we become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race...Instead of being color blind, we need to be color brave.”

“Without question, purity is beautiful. We're not talking about repression or prudishness, but about having a confident and serene sense of your dignity and worth.”

Source : Jason Evert, Crystalina Evert (2011). “How To Find Your Soulmate without Losing Your Soul: 21 Secrets for Women”, p.126, Totus Tuus Press

“Let This Voice Be Heard fulfills the mandate of biography at its best because Maurice Jackson has captured the history of a great moral movement's origins in a single, extraordinary life. An indispensable addition to the antislavery bibliography.”

“Is it alright to believe in the future where everyone can live in happiness?”