Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness

Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.

Our continent must be allowed to do its own things, charting its course and destiny.