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

Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.

I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries. The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.

If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they can never like you. And you can never build that instrument of collective leadership.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press

It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic young people ... I feel like a recharged battery, confident that our country can look forward to great things.