We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness.

When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power

There are people here [in South Africa] who, whatever the debate is on a particular issue, their dominating idea is that at the end of the debate we must emerge stronger than we were before and closer to one another.

Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

Those who can't imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change.

Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.