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

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

If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.

You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people.

Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.