The history of struggle is rich with stories of heroes and heroines - some of them leaders, some of them followers, all of them deserve to be remembered.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and employees, black and white. In the sense of Africans, Coloreds and Indians - when I talk about blacks, I mean those three. Blacks and whites mingled to vote without any hitches. Many people would have expected a great deal of tension, clashes and violence, but it did not occur.

We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.

Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness

People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.