Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.

The truth is we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free.

The Liberty Bell is "a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world."

The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would be only a guess.