Nelson Mandela: “I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”

It always seems impossible until it is done.

He did not make any of his reforms with the intention of putting himself out of power. He made them for precisely the opposite reason: to ensure power for the Afrikaner in a new dispensation.

Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it.

Yes, sanctions were helpful, but sanctions are not enough if you do not have a strong indigenous democratic movement in your country.