Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened and that progress in this country takes place as fast as it can.

There is no such thing as part freedom.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.

When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power

My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.

I'm not going to sit here and argue with you. Just PUT THE BLOODY METER ON.