If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.

The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.

In many respects, people on the outside suffered more than those of us in jail. In prison, we ate three times a day, we had clothing, we had free medical services, and we could sleep for 12 hours.

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.