All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.

The act of willingly subtracting from one's own limited store of the good and the agreeable for the sake of adding to that of others reflects the understanding that individual happiness needs a base broader than the mere satisfaction of selfish passions. From there, it is not such a large step to the realization that respecting the susceptibilities and rights of others is as important as defending one's own susceptibilities and rights if civilized society is to be safeguarded.

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

Sometimes I didn't even have enough money to eat. I became so weak from malnourishment that my hair fell out, and I couldn't get out of bed.