What I've learned is not to change who you are, because eventually you're going to run out of new things to become.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

The ANC has never at any period of its history advocated a revolutionary change in the economic structure of the country, nor has it, to the best of my recollection, ever condemned capitalist society.

The people of South Africa have spoken in these elections. They want change! And change is what they will get. Our plan is to create jobs, promote peace and reconciliation, and to guarantee freedom for all South Africans.

I believe that in the end that it is kindness and accommodation that are all the catalysts for real change.

It was ANC policy to try to educate all people, even our enemies: we believed that all men, even prison service warders, were capable of change, and we did our utmost to try to sway them.