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The relationship between me and President Mandela right at the beginning was not a very well-established relationship. It was based on two meetings.

President Mandela was not a hands-on president at any time.

I believe that first impressions are very important.

You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.

In our quest for peace, we should constantly ask ourselves what we should do to create conditions in which peace can prosper.

For many years, I supported the concept of separate states.

Above all, we owe it to the children of the world to stop the conflicts and to create new horizons for them.

When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.

I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid.

What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.