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.

A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.

To have compromise you must first have dialog. That is the true path of democracy.

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.

Challenges mean opportunities as well.

I don't understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous.