"We have to be careful not to create a new kind of discrimination."

"investment that only goes to enrich an already wealthy elite bent on monopolizing both economic and political power cannot contribute toward égalité and justice."

"Peace and a federal democratic union are closely intertwined and that's why we need to change the constitution. The most important thing is national reconciliation."

"The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development."

"I am not a human rights activist. I am a politician. And as a politician, I have to take into account the interests of the whole country."