In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms.

Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

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

I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because there is no time to do anything else except to try and save your people.

The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the future. We might have our differences, but we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition.