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

I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything.

When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't have the resources to go to an attorney to help them. I would help them settle their cases, so they became attached to me and the other prisoners.

Our motto should be: let us make peace so that we can concentrate on the really important work that needs to be done. That is, alleviating the plight of the poor and the defenceless, for as long as most of humanity feels the pain of poverty we all remain prisoners.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.