I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems.

A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue.

Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.

It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.