In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

There is more to living than not dying.

Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. . . do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

There are a lot of people in this world that listen to wide ranges of music and there should never be a CERTAIN type of music that any artist should be confined to, in my opinion.

I did not go through the Book. The Book went through me.

We built this country by making things, by producing goods we could sell.

When the public doesn't want me any longer, I'll quit.

We (the ANC government) have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector. ARVs are not a cure for Aids.

Unity is not blind allegiance.

It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.

It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake.