For both the offender and the victim, the pain is there, often unacknowledged and that is when it can cause harm through festering. When I ignore a physical wound, it does not go away. No, it festers and goes bad.

We are given an autonomy and the real autonomy... and God would much rather we went freely to hell than compel us to go to heaven.

Most poor people I know are proud and really want not a handout but a hand up. They do have an inherent pride and dignity, and we should treat them as those who have fallen on bad days.

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

We seek a restorative justice, not a retributive justice.

Reconciliation is a long process. We don't have the kind of race clashes that we thought would happen. What we have is xenophobia, and it's very distressing. But maybe you ought to be lenient with us. We've been free for just 12 years.