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

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.

You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.

If you give in to intimidation, you'll go on being intimidated

[T]here is a vast difference in the attitude of a man with a gun in his hand and that of one without a gun in his hand. When a man does not have a gun in his hand, or a woman for the matter, he or she tries harder to use his or her mind, sense of compassion, and intelligence to work out a solution.

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.