When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him.

Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.

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

When we decided to take up arms, it was because the only other choice was to surrender and to submit to slavery.

I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.