Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all.

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

My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.

To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.

Education has become a very powerful weapon in the struggle to produce a well-developed person.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.