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

I was neglected by my family because I had disappointed them - I'd run away from being forced into an arranged marriage, which was a big blow to them.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign.

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

Greece is the mother of democracy and South Africa is its youngest daughter

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.