We can't win a war, but we can win an election.

The anchor of all my dreams is the collective wisdom of mankind as a whole.

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.

For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society

I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.