Marian Anderson

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

If we invest in logistic centers, improve on infrastructure and create a facilitative environment, we can easily turn Dar es Salaam into another Dubai of its kind.

It's easier to forgive those who hurt you than those who hurt the people you love.