HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a world war. Millions of people are dying from it.

The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably women, children, the aged and disabled who suffer in these conflicts stands to the added shame of humankind.

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays in the back room. If you want the cooperation of human beings around you, make them feel that they are important. And you do that by being humble.

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.