In many respects, people on the outside suffered more than those of us in jail. In prison, we ate three times a day, we had clothing, we had free medical services, and we could sleep for 12 hours.

We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy.

We can't fight AIDS unless we do much more to fight TB as well.

There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.