The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.