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"I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away."
"As we judge others so are we judged by others. The suspicious will always be tormented by suspicion."
"We don't have to be victims of our past, that we can let go of our bitterness, and that all of us can achieve greatness."
"You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays in the back room. If you want the cooperation of human beings around you, make them feel that they are important. And you do that by being humble."
"There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success."
"I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest challenge facing humanity. That is why I build schools; I want to free people from poverty and illiteracy."
"It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets."
"We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future."
"Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit this would increase the respect, you know, which we have for British institutions."
"You encourage people by seeing the good in them."
"Whose life testifies to the truth that there is no shame in being oppressed: Those who should be ashamed are they who oppress others."
"He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to plan, assess concrete situations and emerge with rational solutions to problems."
"We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us."
"Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice can be perpetuated by the capacity to kill, or that disputes are necessarily best resolved by resort to violent means."
"The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough."
"You negotiate in bad faith if you do not forgive your adversary."
"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. Time and time again, conflicts are resolved through shifts that were unimaginable at the start."
"It generally appears outlandish until its carried out."
"In all disputes, a point is arrived at where no party, no matter how right or wrong it might have been at the start of that dispute, will any longer be totally in the right or totally in the wrong. Such a point I believe, has been reached in this debate... Let us not equivocate. A tragedy of unprecedented proportions is unfolding in Africa."