The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the present epoch. But in such a society are contained the seeds of revolutionary democracy in which none will be held in slavery.

It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.

You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life. i like relaxing at the house, reading quietly, taking in the sweet smell that comes from the pots, sitting around a table with the family and taking out my wife and children. when you can no longer enjoy these simple pleasures something valuable is taken away from your life and you feel it in your daily work.

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.