Appearances matter — and remember to smile.

Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.

Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.

We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or make excuses.

Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit this would increase the respect, you know, which we have for British institutions.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.