Quotes

August 14, 2015
Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara

“There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women. May my eyes never see and my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence. I hear the roar of women’s silence. I sense the rumble of their storm and feel the fury of their revolt.”

May 29, 2014
Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

I think it’s dangerous to use racial pejoratives about anybody. It was created to dehumanize people.

Dec. 5, 2013
Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.

Jan. 19, 2013
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

Dec. 10, 2012
Jakaya M. Kikwete

Jakaya M. Kikwete

The overriding issue to me has been: Let’s have political policies that will ensure equal opportunity for every Tanzanian.

Nov. 27, 2012
Woldeab Woldemariam

Woldeab Woldemariam

Up to now, I have never served nor become a messenger for any foreign power or interest. I am an enemy to any kind of slavery, in all its shapes and colors.

Nov. 25, 2012
Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.