Reform

“我们揭开窗子说亮话，我们也是将本求利，我们不要说为国为社会等等好听的话。但是我们认为在贸利当中，可以凭着良心上的主张，加一套改良社会、提高社会道德的力量在影片里，岂不更好？”

“The principle, however, upon which I found the necessity of abolition is not Policy but Justice.”

“It has to be rebuilt.”

“God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.”

“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”

“Unless there is a clear political commitment and resolve to change, I do not believe Malaysia will survive.”

“Until then, the world only dealt with us as refugees.”

“No thinking woman can be indifferent or hostile to such an advance on old methods as the formation of a Domestic Helps’ Union.”

“Only if we end this bad system will the future of Burma’s people, including my daughter’s, be bright.”

“We need to regain our relevance and defend our relevance every day.”

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”

“Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers.”