We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.

Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which the Nobel Peace Prize encapsulates. Let the strivings of us all, prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war.

Education is the great engine to personal development.

The time has come to accept in our hearts and minds that with freedom comes responsibility.

Jinnah is a constant source of inspiration for all those who are fighting against racial and group discrimination.

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.

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.