Blaming Things On The Past Does Not

If You Are Negotiating You Must Do So In A Spirit Of Reconciliation, Not From The Point Of View Of Issuing Ultimatums.

Our Efforts To Counter Hatred, Intolerance, And Indifference Must Continue Simultaneously At Individual And Structural Levels. We Must Try To Influence For Good The Minds And Hearts Of Individual People Through Dialogue And Confidence Building. These Efforts Must Be Reinforced By Our Efforts To Create Just Structures In Society To Support The Ongoing Work Of Negotiations In The Human Community. Only Then Will We Have A Chance To Negate The Terrible Consequences Of The Tremendous Conflicts Facing Humankind Today.

I Hate Race Discrimination Most Intensely And In All Its Manifestations. I Have Fought It All During My Life; I Fight It Now, And Will Do So Until The End Of My Days.

We Cannot Proclaim This Century The African Century And Then Ignore The Aids Pandemic, As Some Political Leaders Are Apt To Do. To Claim This Century The African Century Is To Declare War On Aids.

I Am Not A Saint, Unless You Think Of A Saint As A Sinner Who Keeps On Trying.