You must remember that democracy is made up not only of the executive, but the legislature and the judiciary.

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.

Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don't have a job you have to rely on someone.

When fear sets in, you don't trust others and when you don't trust anyone then you become selfish.

It is not a sacrifice, it's a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

I've never thought of myself as being particularly brave - I used to be frightened of the dark when I was small. And I'm not very good with dead rats and things like that. But I face what has to be faced and I hope as best as I'm able.