I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it. 

You don’t need a troll army to silence a lie.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections. 

I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. 

Work is undoubtedly worship but laughter is life. Anyone who takes life too seriously must prepare himself for a miserable existence. Anyone who greets joy and sorrows with equal facility can really get the best of life.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. 

The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.

I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.

Religion and slavery are incompatible.