I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognize the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity.

The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!

I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.

There are people here [in South Africa] who, whatever the debate is on a particular issue, their dominating idea is that at the end of the debate we must emerge stronger than we were before and closer to one another.