"I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians."

"The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence."

"Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities."

"I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism."

"It is a unyielding truth that to love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a enduring truth that the test of character in leadership is how one behaves in moments of unvarnished power — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."

"It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning."