Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

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

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

I watched, along with all of you, as the tens of thousands of our people stood patiently in long queues for many hours. Some sleeping on the open ground overnight waiting to cast this momentous vote.

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