The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and employees, black and white. In the sense of Africans, Coloreds and Indians - when I talk about blacks, I mean those three. Blacks and whites mingled to vote without any hitches. Many people would have expected a great deal of tension, clashes and violence, but it did not occur.

If you are negotiating you must do so in a spirit of reconciliation, not from the point of view of issuing ultimatums.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

The UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system. But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians...