It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.

The importance of a high moral code, which is at the foundation of the Scout movement, cannot be stressed too highly.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a world war. Millions of people are dying from it.

We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.