No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters.

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

We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is not just a piece of paper, but a living document because we have created structures that are totally independent of the government and that can overrule the government, even the president.

The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.