The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.

I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for me.

It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism

Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.

The time is always right to do right

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor.At a point, one can only fight fire with fire