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Freedom Quotes by Nelson Mandela

97 Freedom quotes by Nelson Mandela

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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he may become an outlaw. Mandela’s sayings stress that freedom is indivisible, that the chains on one person are the chains on all, and that poverty blocks true liberty. He reminds each generation to guard this gift and to build a social order where individual freedom truly means collective freedom.

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The march to freedom is irreversible.

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“Let freedom reign.”

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“a child is born free”

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There's no such thing as part freedom.

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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

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The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk

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“Money wont create success, the fredom to make it will”

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It always seems impossible until it's done -Madiba(1918-2013)

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A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.

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Freedom would be meaningless without security in the home and in the streets.

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I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.

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Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue…

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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my…

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We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share…

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With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet.

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I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning…

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To be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the…

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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an…

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“A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones”

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“I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to…

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The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption…

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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a…

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Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly…

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Video screenshot Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' "Man's goodness is…

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It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we…

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I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal…

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The UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an…

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The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to…

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I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But…

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We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone…

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It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for…

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I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities…

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“I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man…

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I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to…

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“In another conversation I said, ‘Tell me the truth. When you were leaving prison after twenty-seven years and walking down that road…

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I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.

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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.

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While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.

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When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power

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