Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people.

It's in your hands to make the world a better place.

It is always impossible until it is done.

Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.

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