"A war between Europeans is a civil..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“A republic may be called the climate of civilization.”

“To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost -that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization -is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.”

“If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.”

“The two stand in the fast-thinning throng of victims, but they speak as if they were alone. Eye to eye, voice to voice, hand to hand, heart to heart, these two children of the Universal Mother, else so wide apart and differing, have come together on the dark highway, to repair home together and to rest in her bosom.”

“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”

“Let us remember that we are all Indians eating Indian grain and salt, and living on the dumb Indian masses.”

“The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.”

“What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.”

“The spirit of democracy... requires change of the heart... requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood.”