Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.

In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his garden; he, too, plants seeds, and then watches, cultivates, and harvests the results. Like the gardener, a leader must take responsibility for what he cultivates; he must mind his work, try to repel enemies, preserve what can be preserved, and eliminate what cannot succeed.