We struggled against apartheid because we were being blamed and made to suffer for something we could do nothing about. It is the same with homosexuality. The orientation is a given, not a matter of choice. It would be crazy for someone to choose to be gay, given the homophobia that is present.

I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.

Sometimes you wish you could keep quiet. It's the kind of thing you heard the prophet Jeremiah complain of where he says, "You know God, I didn't want to be a prophet and you made me speak words of condemnation against a people I love deeply. Your word is like a fire burning in my breast."

There are very few institutions that give prizes to people who may not have got to be number one, but are possibly better at coaxing the best out of others.

It is for real that injustice and oppression will not have the last word. There was a time when Hitler looked like he was going to vanquish all of Europe, and where is he now?

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

Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.