If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.

In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed, a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population, the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution, and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges, magistrates, attorneys-general, law advisers and similar positions.

Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics.

We understand and promote the notion that while children need to be guided they also have an entrenched right to be whatever they want to be and that they can achieve this only if they are given the space to dream and live out their dreams.

I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.

With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet.

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.