We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.

Love is much more demanding than law.

We are made for loving.

All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others

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

Look at Nelson Mandela. Why did people want to follow him? He's a lousy speaker. If he hadn't got all the other things, you wouldn't spend time listening to him. But people actually don't listen to what he's saying, in a way. They are listening to him because he has communicated that he is ready to put his life on the line.

Most of us have made the mistake that after they crossed the Red Sea they spent 40 years in the wilderness fighting amongst each other.