“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil.”

“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children and the kindness it shows the vulnerable”

“The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present but it is a source of inspiration of vitality and of hope.”

“To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.”

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”