There's a certain age when your height stops growing and you cannot change that. This sort of body growth cannot be fixed. But there are many things that can be changed. You might have a small body structure but there are opportunities to make yourself very fit and healthy. So we'll have to work hard in many aspects.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

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

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.

I was a prisoner, but I always felt free because I was not frightened So for me real freedom is freedom from fear.

Freedom must be demanded and defended, by those who have been denied it and by those who are already free.

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence. Also, I think that if you use the wrong means, the ends themselves get distorted.