Democracy is the best revenge.

All our problems, all our disputes, all our disagreements can be resolved quickly to mutual satisfaction if we address the question.

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance.

Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?

The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress.

The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack.

To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.