No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

The anchor of all my dreams is the collective wisdom of mankind as a whole.

I watched, along with all of you, as the tens of thousands of our people stood patiently in long queues for many hours. Some sleeping on the open ground overnight waiting to cast this momentous vote.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth