The drama can only be brought to its climax in one of two ways -- through the selective brutality of terrorism or the impartial horrors of war.

The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence.

This great son of the world, Madiba, showed us the way. Whether you are white, black yellow or brown you are all God's children, come together, work together and God will show you the way.

The moment you have protected an individual, you have protected society.

People see him as a hero. Not just in Zimbabwe or here in Zambia but across the whole of southern Africa. It's no good demonising Robert Mugabe.

The inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change.

Westerners have aggressive problem-solving minds; Africans experience people.

Passive resistance is a sport for gentleman (and ladies)-just like the pursuit of war, a heroic enterprise for the ruling classes but a grievous burden on the rest.

War is just like bush-clearing-the moment you stop, the jungle comes back even thicker, but for a little while you can plant and grow a crop in the ground you have won at such a terrible cost.

My own child, one of them, died of AIDS. A brilliant boy.

I fight AIDS because it's a killer disease, destroys the human race in all fields.

If a man who can’t count finds a four leaf clover, is he lucky?

El sabio puede cambiar de opinión. El necio, nunca.

For friends that always pick you up when you fallAnd catapult you when you want to fly.

Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.

Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government.

Leigh [Bowery] obviously loved having me in the club because I would attract media, and he loved and lived for his column inches.

Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.

Remember that all the others are more afraid than you

I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood.