History will surely judge us harshly if we do not respond with all the energy and resources that we can bring to bear in the fight against HIV/AIDS

South Africa is the most beautiful place on earth. Admittedly, I am biased but when you combine the natural beauty... and the fact that the region is a haven for Africa's most splendid wildlife... Then I think that we have been blessed with a truly wonderful land.

If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.

Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and employees, black and white. In the sense of Africans, Coloreds and Indians - when I talk about blacks, I mean those three. Blacks and whites mingled to vote without any hitches. Many people would have expected a great deal of tension, clashes and violence, but it did not occur.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.