“I know that I have the right freely to speak and publish my sentiments...” — Elijah Parish Lovejoy Quote

“I know that I have the right freely to speak and publish my sentiments, subject only to the laws of the land for the abuse of that right.”

“Emancipation, to be of any value to the slave, must be the free, voluntary act of the master, performed from a conviction of its propriety.”

“Nothing but a miracle of sovereign mercy could have arrested and saved me from eternal perdition. How I could have so long resisted the entreaties, the prayers, and the tears of my dear parents, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, is, to me, a wonder entirely incomprehensible.”

“I remember politicians in Northern Ireland were sometimes called 'verbal incendiarists,' as they didn't actually do anything but they said certain things. So when you hear certain politicians using nasty language, that colours our lives. It makes some other people think it's OK to racially abuse people.”

“The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course that I co-taught at U.C. Berkeley journalism school back in 2003.”

“Over the years, I have been privileged to meet many women, men and children who have escaped domestic abuse and who are determined to tell their stories to save others.”