If you are a late riser, you may miss out on a lot of things in life.

The cunning manage to con the innocent because they are gullible.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

Dictators are bound to usurp democracy at the very first opportunity. 

There are two kinds of laws people are eternally scared of—in-laws and outlaws!

If you are part of a false propaganda machinery, you are fighting for the wrong cause.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color.

Everybody likes a compliment.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.