Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.

It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

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.

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

We shall immunize every child in Africa to get rid of this terrible disease forever.