"MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world."
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"Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people."
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"Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure."
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"Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems"
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"Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have."
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"The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help build the country of our dreams?"
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"Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves."
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"It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered."
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"The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!"
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"To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy."
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"Isimangaliso must be the only place on the globe where the oldest land mammal (rhinoceros) and the world biggest terrestrial mammal (elephant) share an ecosystem with the world's oldest fish (coelacanth) and the world's biggest marine mammal (whale)"
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"Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair"
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"In prison, illusions can offer comfort."
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"To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid."
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"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."
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"I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could even come out with two degrees. Educating ourselves was a way to give ourselves the most powerful weapon for freedom."
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"I was able to change my life by knowing that if somebody does something good for you, you have to respond."
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"I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for me."
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"Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions."
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"The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom"
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