Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.

My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle.

We must be courageous but also reasonable. The world admires us for walking a tightrope without falling off. It asks us to keep our balance.

In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.

Freedom may be the soul of humanity, but often you have to struggle to prove it.

Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.