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

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.

India claimed to have intervened in Sri Lanka to secure Tamil interests. In actual fact, India came to secure its own interests.

A small nation can fight a superpower with determination and dedication.

People cannot give up their cause, their rights, for fear of defeat.

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

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.