Where you stand depends on where you sit.

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.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

Our people outside of prison used my name to mobilize the community locally and internationally. But for me to be treated separately from my colleagues, who had contributed as much as and even more than I had, would have been a betrayal of them.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.

Men come and men go, I have come and I will go when my time comes