Millions of people in the world’s poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.
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.
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
It’s not our weaknesses that frighten us. It’s our strengths.
The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity.
The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds.
None of us, acting alone, can achieve success.
We shall immunize every child in Africa to get rid of this terrible disease forever.
Only 50 years ago persons with intellectual disabilities were scorned, isolated and neglected. Today, they are able to attend school, become employed and assimilate into their local community.
If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer.
Greece is the mother of democracy and South Africa is its youngest daughter.
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.
The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk.
Let us join hands and build a truly South African nation.
It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.
The Children’s Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough.
That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would be only a guess.
We can’t fight AIDS unless we do much more to fight TB as well.