There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them.
There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.
One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.
I do not think that I was brought up in a unique society with unique features about giving.
We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of thes of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.
No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent.