World belongs to humanity, not the leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity. 

I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. 

Man is a universe within himself.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

I believe in being an innovator.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

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