Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective.

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.