The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough.

I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.

Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.

The New World Order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity for all.