We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.

The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters.

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon

AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.