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

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.

I believe that in the end that it is kindness and accommodation that are all the catalysts for real change.

Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.

That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed, but never the less, sometimes he fails to live up to expectations.

Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if he doesn't follow the policy of the government - though he himself does not believe in that policy.

The anchor of all my dreams is the collective wisdom of mankind as a whole.