Where You Stand Depends On

I Admire Young People Who Are Concerned With The Affairs Of Their Community And Nation Perhaps Because I Also Became Involved In Struggle Whist I Was Still At School.

Sometimes, I Feel Like One Who Is On The Sidelines, Who Has Missed Life Itself.

There Are People Here [in South Africa] Who, Whatever The Debate Is On A Particular Issue, Their Dominating Idea Is That At The End Of The Debate We Must Emerge Stronger Than We Were Before And Closer To One Another.

As The Years Progress One Increasingly Realises The Importance Of Friendship And Human Solidarity. And If A 90-year-old May Offer Some Unsolicited Advice On This Occasion, It Would Be That You, Irrespective Of Your Age, Should Place Human Solidarity, The Concern For The Other, At The Centre Of The Values By Which You Live.

It Is So Easy To Break Down And Destroy. The Heroes Are Those Who Make Peace And Build.