“Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had t...” — Tom Lantos Quote

“Let me start with Yahoo. As we meet today, a Chinese citizen who had the courage to speak his mind on the Internet is in prison because Yahoo chose to share his name and address with the Chinese Government.”

“40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.”

“The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.”

“How will decent people in the region ever believe in peace if Arab terrorists interpret every gesture of peace as a display of weakness and then act accordingly?”

“The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39.”

“The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler.”

“Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.”

“Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.”

“The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.”

“To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.”

“As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!”

“There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.”