To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
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.
The best weapon is to sit down and talk.
If you are negotiating you must do so in a spirit of reconciliation, not from the point of view of issuing ultimatums.
If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.
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.