I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened and that progress in this country takes place as fast as it can.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.

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.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?