Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.

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

We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims of the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that it was mainly due to the aggressive and hostile policies of the apartheid regime that the economic development of our neighbours was undermined.

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.

It generally appears outlandish until its carried out.