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" There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. "

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" Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. "

" I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites. "

" I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot. "

" Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country. "

" When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer. "

" I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master's car. "

" If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. "

" There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. "

" I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President. "

" The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture. "

" From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort. "

" In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. "

" As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language. "

" In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine. "

" I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders. "

" Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. "

" In my country we go to prison first and then become President. "

" It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea. "

" If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. "

" I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. "

" There is no such thing as part freedom. "

" We can't afford to be killing one another. "

" Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself. "

" By ancestry, I was born to rule. "

" As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest. "

" I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. "

" My son has died of AIDS. "

" I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. "

" The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken. "

" For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. "