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?

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.

What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

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.

I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.