If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.

I am fundamentally an optimist.

I am the captain of my soul.

It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.

We have laid the foundation for a better life. Things that were unimaginable a few years ago have become everyday reality. I belong to the generation of leaders for whom the achievement of democracy was the defining challenge.

I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.