"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special."

"A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones."

"The most difficult thing is not to change society — but to change yourself."

"It is not the role of the ANC to make an apology for the past."

"I would like to be remembered not as a saint but as a humble and dedicated servant of the people."