Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations

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.

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.

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

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth

He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to plan, assess concrete situations and emerge with rational solutions to problems.

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.