“Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.”
Peace“Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.”
Men“Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.”
Peace“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.”
Peace“I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.”
Morning“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Courage“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
Freedom“Forget the past.”
Movingon“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
Wisdom“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
Peace“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”
Experience“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
Society“I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.”
Family“There is no such thing as part freedom.”
Freedom“If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.”
Politics“Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.”
Good“Only free men can negotiate prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”
Freedom“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
Death“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?”
Strength“It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.”
Leadership“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”
Future“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
Life