"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them."

"I have always regarded myself as a man of the people, and I have always tried to live up to that ideal."

"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried to not falter; I have made mistakes along the way. But with all of that, I have arrived at this point, and I stand before you as a humble servant …"

"The education of children is a matter of paramount importance."

"If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government."