"Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty."
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"Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied their rights. At the same time, democracy also requires that the rights of political and other minorities be safeguarded."
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"In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies because of my arrogance."
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"It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for: to live in a safe environment, to be able to work and provide for themselves, to have access to good public health and to have sound educational opportunities for their children."
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"I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself."
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"Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today."
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"The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education."
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"Together as a nation, we have the obligation to put sunshine into the hearts of our little ones. They are our precious possessions. They deserve what happiness life can offer."
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"As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many of our people are still without jobs, no South African should rest and wallow in the joy of freedom."
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"Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development."
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"The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world."
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"A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of."
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"We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom."
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"i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life. i like relaxing at the house, reading quietly, taking in the sweet smell that comes from the pots, sitting around a table with the family and taking out my wife and children. when you can no longer enjoy these simple pleasures something valuable is taken away from your life and you feel it in your daily work."
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"The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love."
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"Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would."
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"I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs."
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"I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world."
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"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me."
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"I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism."
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