Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from their parents.

There is no such thing as part freedom.

We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.

The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy.

Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.

There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires

Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.