"In terms of the history of a far reaching movement, 20 years is not that long."

"I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism."

"The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence."

"I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping."

"Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom."

"Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it."

"Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself."

"The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head."