Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

The New World Order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity for all.

The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment.

Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

Only 50 years ago persons with intellectual disabilities were scorned, isolated and neglected. Today, they are able to attend school, become employed and assimilate into their local community.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth