From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort.Nelson Mandela
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.Plato
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.Plato
The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.Maya Angelou
I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself - all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.Maya Angelou
I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.Maya Angelou