If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others.

Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.

Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.

We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.

When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than when I went in. And the more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.

We have laid the foundation for a better life. Things that were unimaginable a few years ago have become everyday reality. I belong to the generation of leaders for whom the achievement of democracy was the defining challenge.

When we decided to take up arms, it was because the only other choice was to surrender and to submit to slavery.