A lot of the roads, bridges, railways, and such are built through the use of forced labor, and that is causing the people great suffering. What we put into this in the form of human suffering is not worth what comes out of it.

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.

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world... Kindness can change the lives of people.

All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.