Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others.

We fought injustice wherever we found it, no matter how large, or how small, and we fought injustice to preserve our own humanity.

Together we can and should unite our strength for the wise preservation, not of races in general, but of the one race we all constitute - the human race.

Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in.