It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism, to conduct discussions as if he or she is a schoolmaster talking to less informed and inexperienced learners.

I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.

I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds