One prisoner of conscience is one too many.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

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

Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.

If you feel helpless, go help someone.

People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop us from supporting sanctions. It has to be the other way around: dialogue first, then we stop our call for sanctions, because sanctions make people understand that you cannot exercise repression and at the same time expect international support.