We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.

Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!

If poverty was to be sold three cents today, i can't buy it.

Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.

There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.

I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened - particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over the world feel uncomfortable about that; they want to be in control. They want to be the ones telling people: "This is what we have done in history" but when people begin to say, "No this is what we have done in history" it's a different thing.

We can appreciate each other's languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away.