Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations

We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

I appeal to the Youth and those on the ground: start talking to each other across divisions of race and political organizations.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.