When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me.

We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment.

Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

It's wonderful to be able to have such wildly different projects in your body of work. They don't feel different to me as I'm working on them. It feels like they all share this element of subversiveness and finding the joy in subversiveness.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

The joy I get while listening to my daughter, Poonthendrel, speak is incomparable. I've listened to several other kids speak but have never enjoyed it as much as I have enjoyed listening to my daughter.