“Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.”

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.

As for us, during twenty years’ reign, we have known much bitterness.

If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war.

I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.

In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.

The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.

The Gulf states are happy for us to fight and die. That’s good for everybody, but the Americans fighting and dying.

Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.

Al its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.

I had no idea what it would be like to do an album and that process was grueling and tedious but it was very rewarding.

I’m so happy to be in a committed relationship.

There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage

I am gay, and I’m very comfortable with it.

There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden.