The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy.

Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.

I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.