We believe the currently one cannot speak of a revolutionary situation, just as there is no concrete possibilities of an immediate and comprehensive assumption of power by the people.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology.

There are only two sorts of people in life you can trust - good Christians and good Communists.

We need to respond to the mood of the people - that we must take the lives of the other side as well.

When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.

One of the regime's most important tactics is the creation of a third force in the country.

It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology.

You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.

The ANC, we believe, stands at the head of the whole liberation front, the whole Mass Democratic Movement.

It has taken me a lot of years, but I find silence is sometimes the best answer.

Get out of the blocks run your race stay relaxed. If you run your race you'll win. Channel your energy. Focus.

The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.

I believe in trying foods from all over the world, going to markets and finding jewelry and furniture and just treating myself well. It's important for me creatively to travel.

There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.

Your theory of partial immortality is abhorrent to me. I would rather disbelieve in the immortality of my own soul than suppose the boon given to me was withheld from any of my fellow creatures.

People always say, "I don't mean to do this . . . ," and then they do it! If you don't mean to touch on something, then don't touch on it. That's how I feel.

No matter what you say you might do, you never really know until you're in the moment. Every situation is so different.

I only wish my health issues to be open to the public in the hope that I can educate others.

If a policeman must know the Constitution, then why not a planner?