If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.

There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people.

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.

Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from their parents.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.