Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice

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I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very...

I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very...

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in...

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in...

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope...

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope...

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of...

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of...

As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.

As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather,...

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather,...

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can...

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can...

It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.

It is not I who have been consigned to the bedroom of history.

It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept...

It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept...

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that...

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that...

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of...

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of...

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

The nation was awakened by that deafening shot.

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the...

I just do whatever it is that I believe I should do, regardless of the...

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with...

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with...

I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.

I am not embarrassed to tell you that I believe in miracles.

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But...

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is moving forward, sometimes a little bit slowly, but it is moving forward. This...

Democracy is moving forward, sometimes a little bit slowly, but it is moving forward. This...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to...

Freedom involves a knowledge of choices. This alone is reason enough to get an education.

Freedom involves a knowledge of choices. This alone is reason enough to get an education.

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...

We praise or blame as one or the other affords more opportunity for exhibiting our...