Nelson Mandela also spoke about how, as a human being, he's made mistakes.

Struggles only move forward when decent men and women step forward and say, 'enough is enough and no more.'

A movement only becomes a movement of substance, size, and power when the artists say 'we want to add our voice.'

Investing one cent more in oil, coal and gas is investing in the death of society, and the in the death of our children.

You know how they say, 'What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas?' What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic.

There is no definition of terrorism and there is still the reality that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter.

Sandy was a climate change warning. Obama must now take the stage and fulfil the promise of hope the world needs.

The reality is today most of our political leaders want to be treated as gods and semi-gods, from the security details to the fuss around them and so on.

Whenever anybody called Nelson Mandela a saint, he would say: "If by saint you mean a sinner who is trying to be better, then I'm a saint."

If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be doing much more to take more people out of poverty.

In Durban, where I was born and grew up, and all over Africa, Nelson Mandela was a hero! Now he is a hero to the world.

The Truth of God is taught by the Holy Spirit.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

I was young not too long ago, and I know the last thing you want is someone preaching to you.

We need to get out of this fetid pusshole and get to some higher ground.

I was a child or didn't live through those presidents prior to [Ronald] Reagan, and thus didn't realize how little attention they had paid to the founders.

Not all Muslims are violent, not all Catholics are violent. It is like a fruit salad; there's everything. There are violent persons of this religion.

You know my wife, she's 6 ft 1 she can beat anyone up.

I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice.

My whole life story is kind of a backhanded compliment.