The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably women, children, the aged and disabled who suffer in these conflicts stands to the added shame of humankind.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

I watched, along with all of you, as the tens of thousands of our people stood patiently in long queues for many hours. Some sleeping on the open ground overnight waiting to cast this momentous vote.

Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon