It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight – that is your duty.
I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it.
Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate.
You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.
It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.
I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.
Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all...
Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.
MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.
As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.
When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.
There is no future without forgiveness.
No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.
Music is a great blessing. It has the power to elevate and liberate us. It sets people free to dream. It can unite us to sing with one voice. Such is the value of music.
My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony.
Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
If you don’t allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they can never like you. And you can never build that instrument of collective leadership.