Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.

Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.

I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.

A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favour. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens.

For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status.