I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.

Oh, we want a new breed of men before India can be cleansed of her disease.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

We've demonstrated a strong track record of being very disciplined with the use of our cash. We don't let it burn a hole in our pocket, we don't allow it to motivate us to do stupid acquisitions. And so I think that we'd like to continue to keep our powder dry, because we do feel that there are one or more strategic opportunities in the future.

The secret of political bargaining is to look more strong than what you really are.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. 

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.