"The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath."

"I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances."

"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."

"It is not the role of the ANC to make an apology for the past."

"I am not an expert on anything."