If you don’t intend having a compromise, you don’t negotiate at all.

I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it.

Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

A movement without vision would be a movement without moral foundation.

The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love.

We have introduced a rule of law into many sections of our public life.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Teach the children that Africans are not one iota inferior to Europeans.

No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.

Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested.

I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.

When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power

I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth

Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

Whenever I am with energetic young people, I feel like a recharged battery.

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

Greece is the mother of democracy and South Africa is its youngest daughter

It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor.

The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk

Extremists on all sides thrive, fed by the blood lust of centuries gone by.

I'm not going to sit here and argue with you. Just PUT THE BLOODY METER ON.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Freedom would be meaningless without security in the home and in the streets.

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds

One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

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