I Was Able To Change

I Learned To Have The Patience To Listen When People Put Forward Their Views, Even If I Think Those Views Are Wrong. You Can't Reach A Just Decision In A Dispute Unless You Listen To Both Sides.

Hope Is A Powerful Weapon, And (one) No One Power On Earth Can Deprive You Of.

It Was During Those Long And Lonely Years That My Hunger For The Freedom Of My Own People Became A Hunger For The Freedom Of All People, White And Black. I Knew As Well As I Knew Anything That The Oppressor Must Be Liberated Just As Surely As The Oppressed. A Man Who Takes Away Another Man's Freedom Is A Prisoner Of Hatred, He Is Locked Behind The Bars Of Prejudice And Narrow-mindedness. I Am Not Truly Free If I Am Taking Away Someone Else's Freedom, Just As Surely As I Am Not Free When My Freedom Is Taken From Me. The Oppressed And The Oppressor Alike Are Robbed Of Their Humanity.

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.

Hiv/aids Is The Greatest Danger We Have Faced For Many, Many Centuries. Hiv/aids Is Worse Than A War. It Is Like A World War. Millions Of People Are Dying From It.