Not by prayers alone will a captive be freed, but by another man’s prayers matched by his deeds.

— John Kramer

One of mankind’s greatest sins is inaction in the face of injustice.

— John Kramer

Public awareness is the equinox of tyranny’s rise; once one man learns of another’s captivity, he will act to free him. It is the best and most certain part of man’s nature.

— John Kramer

She who follows another’s course, finds a sure path to her own remorse.

— John Kramer

Some people are anchored to this world by their feet, others by their fears.

— John Kramer

The people’s silence is a tyrant’s greatest advocate. The fewer captives talked, the less they knew; the less they knew, the more they feared; and the more they feared, the more easily others could manipulate them to their own ends, the more easily the captives could be controlled.

— John Kramer

The pursuit of goodness leads to greatness, but the pursuit of greatness, whether by a man or a nation, leads to ruin…. [G]good men build; great men destroy. They destroy because they try to control something other than themselves and that always leads to destruction.

— John Kramer

There is no success where there are no secrets.

— John Kramer

The smallest act of compassion can save a soul, perhaps your own.

— John Kramer

This is what evil does; it makes choices for others in the name of religion, in the name of government, in the name of community, in the name of personal gain, that these individuals are best able to make for themselves.

— John Kramer