"While there continues to be differences, the important point is that all citizens and elected officials use democratic and legal avenues for solving those differences."

"Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied."

"People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve."

"Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals."

"It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get."

"My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son."