I have found Jews to be more broad-minded than most whites on issues of race and politics, perhaps because they themselves have historically been victims of prejudice.

There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship.

I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.

South Africans have no concept of time and this is also why we can't solve poverty and social problems… It's now 10 years since the fall of the Apartheid government and we cannot blame Apartheid for being tardy.

It is important to not be hostile to what a greater part of society has embraced, whether as Christians, Hindus or Muslims. It is important to respect that because whether you believe or not in the existence of a superior being, humanity does believe in that.

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country.