Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.

It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

The politicians think that I have not included enough of them; the nonpoliticians think that I have gone back to the old ways; and the mass public groups think I have forgotten them.

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.