War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

Wisdom dawns on us when we start losing our wisdom teeth!

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

To my mind the old masters are not at; their value is in their scarcity.

It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife.

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith. 

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.