We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy.

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

Those who can't imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.