Nelson Mandela: “It`s always impossible until it`s done.”

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I want everybody to come to the table, everybody to be a part of the new South Africa, everybody to vote.

You can call it being political, or a moral question, but anybody who changes his principles depending on with whom he is dealing? That is not a man who can lead a nation.

Yes, sanctions were helpful. But they would not have been sufficient if there were not a strong indigenous democratic movement in South Africa. Until you have that in Nigeria, sanctions will not help.