One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.

Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness

There is nothing more dangerous than a humiliated man.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and mental fatigue set in and I was unable to operate to the maximum of my intellectual ability. But in a single cell in prison, I had time to think. I had a clear view of my past and present, and I found that my past left much to be desired, both in regard to my relations with other humans and in developing personal worth.

My son has died of AIDS.