The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility.

What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual South Africans [to give to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund]. I think we must start from that angle.

We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

Greece is the mother of democracy and South Africa is its youngest daughter

I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press

If you are negotiating you must do so in a spirit of reconciliation, not from the point of view of issuing ultimatums.

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.