“To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something ess...” — Rowan Williams Quote

“To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a needful gift they have to offer which cannot be offered so long as they are confined by poverty.”

“In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that.”

“One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.”

“For me, any chance to serve Singapore even in its limited capacity... I would be glad to take it up and use it to serve Singaporeans.”

“As our technology evolves, we will have the capacity to reach new, ever-increasing depths. The question is what kind of technology, in the end, do we want to deploy in the far reaches of the ocean? Tools of science, ecology and documentation, or the destructive tools of heavy industry?”

“We deliberately filled our rainy-day fund to its statutory capacity over my time leading the Mississippi Senate as lieutenant governor.”