I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

Quitting is leading too.