“When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled”.
African Proverb
"The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and, when they fail to do this purpose, they become dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
Oscar Wilde
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.”
Howard Zinn
“I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, ‘Mother, what was war?’”
Eve Merriam
“Don’t talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity.”
Lord Kitchener
“Do not look the other way, do not hesitate…It is within your power to prevent a genocide.”
Nelson Mandela
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
Nelson Mandela
“The world is full enough of hurts and mischance without wars to multiply them.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
Nelson Mandela
“Displacement based on race is a form of genocide, as recognized under the Geneva Conventions. Destruction of people’s culture, by official action or depraved inaction, is an offence against humanity under international law.”
Glenn Ford
"Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Common sense has prevailed, and the Kenyan people have the outcome for which they have hoped and prayed."
Gordon Brown
"And let me assure you that your friends in Africa and the international community are all behind you."
Kofi Annan