What is the situation today? We have a united country. We have a single currency. We have managed to stabilize the economy, despite difficulties. We could talk all day about all those achievements.

You can organize elections any day, even tomorrow. But what will be the result of chaotic elections? More chaos!

Nobody as of today can produce any oral or written statement from me talking about changing the constitution.

I believe that what's much more important is not what you say, but what you do. And I am a doer.

One of the reasons why a number of people have decided to go into the opposition were the reforms we carried out.

We are not going to finance elections when we need to fight to win back occupied territory.

The constitution is very clear as to how and when the president hands over power. He can only hand power over to an elected successor.

When Europe senses danger, it needs to do something to keep all the Africans at home where they belong.

Democracy was assassinated here when Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. And who brought democracy back to this country? We are the ones who did that after pushing out the dictatorship in 1997.

The West exploited Africa and now it wants to save it. We have been living with this hypocrisy for too long. Africa can only be saved by Africans.

I cannot interpret the constitution. Only the constitutional courts can interpret the constitution.

A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself he is as a wave of the sea or a feather in the air which every breeze blows about.

When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.

Long live the elite rower's motto:'early to bed, early to rise, never meet the regular guys.'

The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.

If you just talk to who's easy to talk to, you're not really getting the best data.

Less isn't more; just enough is more.

Mine's a pretty simple strategy: there's not a lot of talent here, but there's a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.

I love having no sense of tomorrow or yesterday.

It's hard to go out and practice every single day, and you get really tired. But you have to believe in yourself.