Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.

We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which the Nobel Peace Prize encapsulates. Let the strivings of us all, prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.

Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer - a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger.