The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude; you must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.

Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

I could listen to the radio and I had access to books from time to time. Not all the time.