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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.

The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

Truth should not be forced; it should simply manifest itself, like a woman who has in her privacy reflected and coolly decided to bestow herself upon a certain man.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.