For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

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.

I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.

I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.

This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and the scourge of civil wars and external aggression and unburdened of the great tragedy of millions forced to become refugees.

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.

I love playing and chatting with children...feed ing and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life.