Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit this would increase the respect, you know, which we have for British institutions.

Those South Africans who berate me for being loyal to our friends, literally they can go and throw themselves into a pool. I am not going to betray the trust of those who helped us.

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

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

Racism is a blight on the human conscience

I do not think that I was brought up in a unique society with unique features about giving.