Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.

Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.

I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.

We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.

There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!