Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic young people ... I feel like a recharged battery, confident that our country can look forward to great things.

If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they can never like you. And you can never build that instrument of collective leadership.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.