As we judge others so are we judged by others. The suspicious will always be tormented by suspicion.

For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society

It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.