"I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I just have to be myself."

"I am not a messiah, but I am a revolutionary."

"I have no personal ambitions. I only want to serve my people."

"We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out."

"I am not interested in power nor do I envisage assuming it at any time. All that I will do is to make sure that the sacrifices of so many compatriots should not be in vain, whatever the future may hol…"