We are going to have to be very careful that we give people the hope that freedom is actually better than unfreedom.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.

I believe history teaches us a categorical lesson: that once a people are determined to become free, then nothing in the world can stop them reaching their goal.

When we hear a story of the abuse of a child or the abuse of women almost all people are appalled by instances of that kind.

Our Lord wanted us to be Christ-like. Christ-like doesn't mean not having faults. It means that you do actually have a capacity to draw out the good that is in others.

Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth