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

I think violence is counter-productive and it is bad in democratic societies.

I will use all my strength to bring about a just society to a nation living in a tough world.

I do object to the sensationalism or even the voyeurism of doing things in church or out of church.

What sets a canoeing expedition apart is that it purifies you more rapidly and inescapably than any other. Travel a thousand miles by train and you are a brute; pedal five hundred on a bicycle and you remain basically a bourgeois; paddle a hundred in a canoe and you are already a child of nature.

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

The best thing you can possibly do for a friend is to be his friend.