Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice can be perpetuated by the capacity to kill, or that disputes are necessarily best resolved by resort to violent means.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. For historians, academics, writers and journalists to reflect great lives according to their own subjective canon.

There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.