Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.

There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.

Quitting is leading too.

Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice

You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.