The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy

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 …

There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalitie…

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domi…

We do not believe that this Nobel Peace Prize is intended as a commendation for matters that have happened and passed. We hear the voices which say that it is …

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile for us to continue talking peace and non-violence - against a government whose only reply is savag…

Where there is oppression, it will always be challenged by those of us who will challenge it with greater intensity, you know? So that's why I don't believe th…