It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.

I was very privileged and really blessed with so many material and spiritual gifts that I should give back, ... I should do something for my people, but ... it's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

I know there isn't anything I can do that will please everybody. But if I have done according to my beliefs, I sleep very very well.

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

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the risks to my life.

The government cannot do everything all at once. It can't wave a magic wand and meet everyone's demands simultaneously.

I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.