I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by the authorities because the spirit in which we encourage people to give has permeated our society.

I dust [your photo] carefully every morning, for to do so gives me the pleasant feeling that I'm caressing you as in the old days. I even touch your nose with mine to recapture the electric current that used to flush through my blood whenever I did so.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

Do not allow your anger to control your reason, but rather your reason to control your anger.

I watched, along with all of you, as the tens of thousands of our people stood patiently in long queues for many hours. Some sleeping on the open ground overnight waiting to cast this momentous vote.