Most of those who died did not die of hunger but of hatred. Feeling hatred diminishes you. It eats at your from within and attacks the immune system. When you have hatred inside you, it always crushes you in the end.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

We must stop posing as victims of the West and behaving negatively towards the West. We must participate with the West on an equal footing in the reconstruction of the world.

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.

At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets.

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.

We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.