We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image.

Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

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

Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon

AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.