I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

An organisation can only carry out its mandate if there is discipline, and where there is no discipline there can be no real progress

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

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

Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.