An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy

The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity

For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society

You encourage people by seeing the good in them.

I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away.