Keep your friends close - and your rivals even closer.

I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days.

I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and mental fatigue set in and I was unable to operate to the maximum of my intellectual ability. But in a single cell in prison, I had time to think. I had a clear view of my past and present, and I found that my past left much to be desired, both in regard to my relations with other humans and in developing personal worth.

We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.

The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.