“But we are going to discuss creating a society…based on individuals, not ethnic groups, on citizens, not minority groups.”
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“To be president and to be a minister is the very same work. You have to bring together people of different backgrounds and different opinions. People argue and have a lot of grievances in the church community, too. You not only have to preach to them but also to serve them, to show leadership and to suffer with them…I am playing a very important moral role – to guide, to encourage people, to know what is right and wrong, and to make people trust you.”