The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.

South Africa is the most beautiful place on earth. Admittedly, I am biased but when you combine the natural beauty... and the fact that the region is a haven for Africa's most splendid wildlife... Then I think that we have been blessed with a truly wonderful land.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

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