I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

Today we are a nation at peace with itself, united in our diversity, not only proclaiming but living out the contention that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. We take our place amongst the nations of the world, confident and proud in being an African country.

It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of race and setting us against each other as oppressed and oppressor. That system committed a crime against humanity.