I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so know so little about the ocean, and so much of it is being destroyed.

The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.

You should always assert your rights lest somebody should wrong you unnecessarily.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together. 

A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. 

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

Study history, study history. In history list all the secrets of statecraft.