I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world.

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.

Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless.

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.