The importance of a high moral code, which is at the foundation of the Scout movement, cannot be stressed too highly.

Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.

Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.

Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children

It's not our weaknesses that frighten us. It's our strengths.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

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