"But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture"

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"

"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve"

"Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail"

"Women are responsible for creating their own roles"

"Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his"

"No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive"

"They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men"