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

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

In all disputes, a point is arrived at where no party, no matter how right or wrong it might have been at the start of that dispute, will any longer be totally in the right or totally in the wrong. Such a point I believe, has been reached in this debate... Let us not equivocate. A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa.

I am fundamentally an optimist.

Why is the United States behaving so arrogantly? All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil.