Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.

It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.

We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and men have a particularly critical role in this regard, changing the chauvinist and demeaning ways sexuality and women were traditionally dealt with in both our actions and speaking.

I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days.

Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished

We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.