"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried to not falter; I have made mistakes along the way. But with all of that, I have arrived at this point, and I stand before you as a humble servant …"

"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."

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no alternative but to become an outlaw."

"There is nothing I fear more than doing nothing, yet that is exactly what I am doing."

"As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself."