Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place

Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.

But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation, and fewer and fewer rights.

You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!

The death sentence is a barbaric act.

One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth