You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!
There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.
Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others.
I have found Jews to be more broad-minded than most whites on issues of race and politics, perhaps because they themselves have historically been victims of prejudice.
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.
Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.
A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.
Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man.
You encourage people by seeing the good in them.
I am fundamentally an optimist.
The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.
Those who can’t imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change.
Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front.
I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.
Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party.
Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.
I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.
Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways – he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted, I was serious.