To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first learn to liberate their own minds from apathy and fear.

Taking sides cannot bring peace and balance.

We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all.

You have a great many things to do when you are under house arrest. On the one hand, it is more comfortable than sitting in prison; on the other hand, you have to look after a household, which is strenuous under such circumstances.

I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.