I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.

It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters.

Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

Be a life long student, read as many books as possible.

The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.