"That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us always, but never that science was the only career worth following."

Source: Guantanamo the 'gulag of our time'. Irene Khan's speech at the news conference during the celebration of the publication of Amnesty's annual report, www.denverpost.com. May 25, 2005.