There is a constant struggle between good an evil in the world. It is up to good people to choose the right side

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the present epoch. But in such a society are contained the seeds of revolutionary democracy in which none will be held in slavery.

No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity

Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.

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

It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.

We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.