Oliver Tambo

The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.

We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.

It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.