The relations between a man and his or her god is a personal matter; you can't go out and challenge the belief of people in a superior being.

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

We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.

Times change, we need to change as well.

The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

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