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.

I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.

Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the ones that should decide for the people of Iraq what should be done with their government and their leadership. All that [the USA] wants is Iraqi oil. [Blair is] simply the foreign minister of the United States. He is no longer prime minister of Britain.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.