Reconciliation

“The season of violence is over. The time for reconstruction and reconciliation has arrived.”

“This step today will be followed by many others in days to come. The many steps will gradually erase this forbidden line. The wall will fall.”

“Grace is always reciprocal.”

“Now my eyes see you again, and my heart is as white as milk.”

“I have no enemies.”

“There is a deep lesson for the world in the black races’ capacity to forgive.”

“I have no enemies, and no hatred.”

“We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.”

“We find common ground reaching for higher ground.”

“We need to build bridges, not walls.”

“You have failed to fuse together in Ireland the conflicting interests which you found there—the North and the South.”

“There must be humans on the other side of the fence; it’s only we haven’t learned how to talk.”

“You can only forgive those who seek forgiveness.”

“Je veux bâtir la confiance entre l'Etat et les citoyens d'une part, les musulmans et les chrétiens, de l'autre.”

“Je suis un enfant de la violence, donc un adulte de la paix.”

“Interreligious dialogue is seen as a necessity in any society, as a way to build bridges in an increasingly diverging world.”

“You don’t forget those things, but that doesn’t mean you don’t make peace with your opponents either.”

“Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom-fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.”