“We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our de...” — Mangosuthu Buthelezi Quote

“We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.”

“I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.”

“And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination.”

“AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.”

“In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.”

“Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.”

“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”

“I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused a great deal of interest. Initially, many people found it difficult to understand. I therefore decided to try to write a new version that would be easier to follow.”

“Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.”

“In fact history does not belong to us; but we belong to it.”

“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.”