I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and read more

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.

Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not read more

Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about read more

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people read more

At the heart of racism is the religious assertion that God made a creative mistake when He brought some people into being

If I can send the flower of the German nation into the hell of war without the smallest pity for read more

If I can send the flower of the German nation into the hell of war without the smallest pity for the shedding of precious German blood, then surely I have the right to remove millions of an inferior race that breeds like vermin

When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point read more

When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point out that it is not because of my colour.