“We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.”

Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.

There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.

How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?

Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.

You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.

I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.

I was given some Harry Potter books by a young friend. I wanted to know why young people liked it so much. And I noted that there were some values in Harry Potter that are common to many books that are popular all over the world. In the end,

The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.

You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.

If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.

Part of our struggle is to make the international community understand that we are a poor country not because there is an insufficiency of resources and investment, but because we are deprived of the basic institutions and practices that make for good government.

It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.

“But, we’re also going to learn to look after each other, who to work together and who to understand and manage that risk.” That’s what it’s about, you don’t empower kids if you don’t expose them to risk.

Our mission of empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more is really a look back to the very creation of Microsoft.

The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.

And I think that is tremendously empowering and is not diminishing in any way. I fell that any woman who is in control, who is in touch with her femininity and sensuality, is a woman that is empowered.

I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

In short, apostolic movement involves a radical community of disciples, centered on the lordship of Jesus, empowered by the Spirit.

The purpose of religion should be to empower all people in this adventure of living with dignity and fulfilment.

And be connecting in other countries with other people, did open them up and empower them and their sense of being. Whether it affected their writing, it’s hard to tell.