"Henceforth, I shall rule directly as President. To the ad hoc committees and commissions created to inform me on their special areas, I add one more: an action committee of one member — me."

"I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad."

"Since he got away with most of the country's money, it is so easy for him to be financing all of these so-called demonstrators."

"I cannot afford to be distant from my people because whatever power I have came from them. And I have to know what I am doing right and what I am doing wrong. If I just sit around here, I will never f…"

"We must heal the wounds of the past and build a better future."