Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African.

To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Times change, we need to change as well.

You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!

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.

We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.