• The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign.

    Mother Teresa: The right to life does not depend, and must not be declared to be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign.
    "Speeches that Changed the World". Book edited by Owen Collins, Westminster John Knox Press, p. 431, 1999.