My family is very large. 42 million.

The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.

When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection.

Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics.

We shall immunize every child in Africa to get rid of this terrible disease forever.