We forgive but not forgotten

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.

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

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

We can't win a war, but we can win an election.

In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.