"I am not a Buddhist fundamentalist."

"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'm not a very good storyteller. But I have many stories to tell."

"It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."

"We need to move forward, not backward."