There is no such thing as part freedom.

To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid.

We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace. We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people.

Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.

Blaming things on the past does not make them better.

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.