The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?
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In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.
I played an integral part in helpings formulating that new vision... that we must abandon apartheid and accept one united South Africa with equal rights for all, with all forms of discrimination to be scrapped from the statute book.
President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.
You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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.
For many years, I supported the concept of separate states.