Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

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.

Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

We have introduced a rule of law into many sections of our public life.

The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied their rights. At the same time, democracy also requires that the rights of political and other minorities be safeguarded.