‘He has a brilliant mind but – quite simply – he is a man who had all the honours, and in such a system that means all possible protection and material advantages – and he decided to give it all up on the grounds of conviction.
Nobel sa bhliain 1975.‘Is duine an-intleachtúil é ach – lena chur go simplí – is fear é a raibh na honóracha go léir á dtabhairt dó, agus i gcóras den sórt sin ciallaíonn sé sin gach cosaint agus na buntáistí ábhartha go léir – agus fós shocraigh sé é sin go léir a thabhairt suas mar gheall ar a thuairim daingean féin.