My life is one long curve, full of turning points.

I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.

You just cannot cut a country in two any more than you can cut a human being in two. If you do, you do not have two human beings; you have a corpse.

Who is it that said that 'you have not converted a man because you have silenced him?' This is true of the use of the military on people.

I believe military force can be used to redress or change the balance of power in the world, but I think that that's always a losing operation if you're not trying to do it in a way which corresponds to the basic desires of the people on whom you are acting.

The past is to be respected and acknowledged, but not to be worshipped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.

In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.