There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible. Time and time again, conflicts are resolved through shifts that were unimaginable at the start.

Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.

There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill.

Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted, I was serious.

We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.

I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.