A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.

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

Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.