Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty. 

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

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

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.

The Sun determines the seasons on earth but human beings can influence the seasons by destroing the environment which could result in climate change.

I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.

I should tie myself to a particular system of society other than of socialism.

Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?

Little pools of water tend to become stagnant and useless, but if they are joined together to form a big lake, the atmosphere is cooled and there is universal benefit.

People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

There is no such thing as part freedom.