No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience... If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.

As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.

I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because there is no time to do anything else except to try and save your people.

To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.