Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people.

We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

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