Just as I need other human beings in order to learn from them, so I also need their trust. If we aren't aware of that, if we fail to take it to heart and instead betray other people's trust, things will go badly with us.

I am deeply moved by the warmth and courage of the Canadian people which I felt so strongly during my recent visit to your country. Your support of the struggle against apartheid restored me in my journey home and reassured me that many just people around the world are with us.

I have struggled against tyranny. I didn't do that in order to substitute another.

Nothing is too much trouble for Love.

All people would really want peace and all would want to be sure that they would not be taken advantage of.

It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant.

When I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.