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It was an honour for me to have been able to work with Mr. Mandela in the process that led to the adoption of the interim constitution and our first democratic elections in April 1994.


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JOHN F. KENNEDY We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are...
JOHN F. KENNEDY Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
JOHN F. KENNEDY Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon an...
JOHN F. KENNEDY Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all c...
JOHN F. KENNEDY A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what i...
JOHN F. KENNEDY The best road to progress is freedom's road.
JOHN F. KENNEDY The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is...
JOHN F. KENNEDY We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.
JOHN F. KENNEDY Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.
JOHN F. KENNEDY A child miseducated is a child lost.
JOHN F. KENNEDY Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD We have a saying in the Marine Corps and that is 'no better friend, no worse enemy, than a U.S. ...
JOHN F. KELLY Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the fu...
JOHN F. KENNEDY The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the j...
WALTER F. ULMER We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
WALTER F. ULMER In our system, at about 11:30 on election night, they just push you off the edge of the cliff-and th...
WALTER F. MONDALE Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to televisio...
WALTER F. MONDALE I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they...
WALTER F. MONDALE I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.
WALTER F. MONDALE Running for President is physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually the most demanding single...
WALTER F. MONDALE