"If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean i…"

"I often think about what my father would have done."

"I am confident that we will overcome all challenges."

"I am just a politician."

"I don't care about prizes and honours as such. I am sorry that friends are not as steadfast as they might be. Because I think friendship means understanding, basically, trying to understand rather tha…"