"Our rich and varied cultural heritage has..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela

“An organisation can only carry out its mandate if there is discipline, and where there is no discipline there can be no real progress”

“Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.”

“Be a life long student, read as many books as possible.”

“A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.”

“So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed”

“Whilst all the world is in pursuit of power, culture corrects the theory of success.”

“I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.”

“I'm sad because I want to bow out of my race and leave my beautiful identity? Chinese love Chinese. They love their little slant eyed, pale brown skinned babies. Pakistanis love their culture.Jewish people love their culture. A lot of Catholics want to marry Catholics because the want their religion to stay the same.”

“And so it is that I carry with me from this State to that high and lonely office to which I now succeed more than fond memories and fast friendships. The enduring qualities of Massachusetts - the common threads woven by the Pilgrim and the Puritan, the fisherman and the farmer, the Yankee and the immigrant - will not be and could not be forgotten in the Nations Executive Mansion. They are an indelible part of my life, my convictions, my view of the past, my hopes for the future.”