The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity

Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.

Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strenthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

Appearances matter — and remember to smile.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth

The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.

I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.