In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.

You don't think we have a copyright to forgiveness, it is done by people everywhere.

Forgiving is not easy. It is not cheap.

Forgiveness is not generally something that you find as a coin to be used by politicians.

We spend billions on banks when we know that a fraction of this money could save all the children in the world.

True forgiveness deals with the past, all of the past, to make the future possible. We cannot go on nursing grudges even vicariously for those who cannot speak for themselves any longer. We have to accept that we do what we do for generations past, present and yet to come. That is what makes a community a community or a people a people-for better or for worse.

Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.