Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

In matters of love, listen to your heart. Brain has no clue to what love is all about!

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

We must make it clear that revolution does not merely mean an upheaval or a sanguinary strife. Revolution necessarily implies the programme of systematic reconstruction of society on new and better adapted basis after complete destruction of the existing state of affairs (i.e., regime).

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?

Yes, we've still got more work to do. More work to do for every American still in need of a good job or a raise, paid leave or a decent retirement; for every child who needs a sturdier ladder out of poverty or a world-class education; for everyone who has not yet felt the progress of these past seven and a half years.