“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.”
Love“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.”
Art“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.”
Love“I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.”
Time“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
Time“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.”
Peace“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
Good“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”
Good“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”
Experience“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.”
Freedom“Forget the past.”
Movingon“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.”
Freedom“I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.”
Great“Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.”
Politics“If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.”
Dreams“I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.”
Morning“I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.”
Love“Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.”
Fear“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?”
Strength“Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.”
Men“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
Peace“Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.”
Freedom