No cause can justify the abuse of human rights.

There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights.

The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all.

There is no excuse for human rights abuse, whether in the name of security or in the name of liberation.

Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time.

If you don’t see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

All writers are exiles: some by circumstance, some by choice.

And she is remembering the words I put in her head...."You is kind, " she say, "you is smart. You is important.

A word too much always defeats its purpose.

They see poetry in what I have done. No. I apply my methods, and that is all there is to it.

Many of my students don't know that I'm second lady of the United States... because, you know, it's a community college.

When I was very young I never thought I was attractive, because I was a tomboy and I was always the biggest girl in the class.

Anybody can be a role model, anybody can.

Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.