It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

The anchor of all my dreams is the collective wisdom of mankind as a whole.

There is no such thing as part freedom.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

Soccer is one of the most unifying activities amongst us.

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

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