“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”

It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.

A nation that does not believe in its own strength as a nation cannot stand as an independent nation.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.

Africa will write its own history, and in both north and south it will be a history of glory and dignity.

The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Speak, for your lips are free; speak, your tongue is still your own.

Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.