In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed, a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population, the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution, and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges, magistrates, attorneys-general, law advisers and similar positions.

If you don’t intend having a compromise, you don’t negotiate at all.

A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.

There are many people who have worked just because they love the community in which they are in, without expecting any financial consideration.

We slaughter one another in our words and attitudes. We slaughter one another in the stereotypes and mistrust that linger in our heads, and the words of hate we spew from our lips.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

Regarding African education in this country, there was a time when the government took no interest whatsoever in African education. It was the churches, that part of civil society, which bought land, built schools, and employed and paid teachers. People like myself, right from grade eight up to university, I was in missionary schools.