Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

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.

I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word.

If the restrictions on the work of my party and on me personally are not removed in the very, very near future - that is in a matter of days - I think the United States should start thinking seriously of sanctions. This is really about as bad as it has ever been.

Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don't have a job you have to rely on someone.

The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.