There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children" - Speech at the launch of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, May 1995.
"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb" - From his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, published in 1994.
"I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. I tell them that I was also a terrorist yesterday, but, today, I am admired by the very people who said I was one" - On the Larry King show 2000.
"Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity" - speaking about death in an interview on the 1996 documentary Mandela