Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.

If you are negotiating you must do so in a spirit of reconciliation, not from the point of view of issuing ultimatums.

Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place

Racism is a blight on the human conscience

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.