I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

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.

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.

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

This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.

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 have a vision, and I know I'm right.