Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sri Lanka

“Every day for the last 30 years people were dying... so we have stopped it, we will take our time and we will investigate into 30 years of war,”

“My country has been influenced by the core Buddhist values of non-violence, loving kindness, compassion, equanimity and mindfulness. With this sense of direction, our Government has committed itself "Towards a new Sri Lanka", guided by a vision of peace, where every Sri Lankan citizen may live with dignity and self-respect, in freedom and without fear, free of want, and where every child may enjoy childhood and grow up with hope and expectation.”