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From the page: "Along with Dr. Martin Luther King, Albert Einstein, and the Dalai Lama, Albert Camus is one of the Great Voices for hope and for a commitment to humanity which is both broad and deep. Like these others he represents and teaches a kind of universal responsibility. His words and actions show people a real alternative to one-party totalitarianism, blind religious belief, mere nihilism and unevolved personal self-obsession.

It's not about belief or dogma, it's not about "god" or money, it's about freedom and responsibility, which is what we all must engage, whatever our paths in life. This is because we are all human beings who must learn to live with ourselves, and with others. The point is to do so consciously, to live as though human life really matters, both our own and that of others.

Camus emphasized that slavery and coercion and lies and propaganda must be rejected on all levels for people to become authentic and conscious and free. This simple idea is one of the most radical and important steppingstones to a more human world and to more broader-based cooperation among the peoples of the world. That's what matters. "