In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long.

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.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves – they can't depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

Young people drift away from society because, in many cases, they have no hope or goals. So, hope will have to be given to the young.

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.

The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser. That's not what it's all about. It's to try and find an answer that is acceptable to all parties concerned, which would of course require some give and take.