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

You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation, even when you're discussing serious things, does help to mobilise friends around you. And I love that.

Our continent must be allowed to do its own things, charting its course and destiny.

I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and the scourge of civil wars and external aggression and unburdened of the great tragedy of millions forced to become refugees.

You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!