The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the greatest health crisis in human history. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
That was one of the things that worried me – to be raised to the position of a semi-god – because then… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The people of Africa have learned the lessons of patience and endurance in their long struggle for freedom. In a cynical world… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Now we are in the second term of the government of a united nation and the government has done very well. One… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must appreciate that all over the world, right down the centuries, there have been great religions that have encouraged the idea… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
At the southern tip of the continent, a rich reward is in the making, an invaluable gift is in the preparation, for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Che Guevara's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
What he means by this is that instead of saying you'll "try", you need to "do". And as we let our light shine, we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
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