If I am cheated or betrayed, I will react.

When I was deciding to fight, the thought of winning or losing didn't bother me.

India deliberately aggravated Sri Lanka's ethnic crisis. It destabilized Sri Lanka [by training and arming Tamil militants, including the Tigers] so that it could play a dominant role in bringing Sri Lanka within its sphere of influence.

All human suffering springs from unbridled desire. Unless one extricates oneself from the clutch of greed, one will not free himself from the fetters of sorrow.

I have gained self-confidence, courage and the support of my people.

What you have to assess is whether you have the will to fight.

Through the intensive aspiration of the human soul arises in man the desire for independence.