When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

You must remember that democracy is made up not only of the executive, but the legislature and the judiciary.

I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

Calamities that are not the result of purely natural phenomena usually have their origins, distant and obscure though they may be, in common human failings.

I was speaking to a writer the other day and he gave me a valuable piece of advice. He said that you may get to where you want to go quicker through violence, but the healing process takes longer. Whereas if you don't use violence, there is not much healing necessary, so you win in the long run.

Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.

I was a bit of a coward when I was small. I was terribly frightened of the dark.