We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What we did was to try and exploit that spirit [the idea of giving], which was there even before I approached individual… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Those South Africans who berate me for being loyal to our friends, literally they can go and throw themselves into a pool.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
South Africans have no concept of time and this is also why we can't solve poverty and social problems… It's now 10… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Although few people will remember 3 June 1993, it was a landmark in South African history. On that day, after months of… — 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
The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strenthen… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand… — 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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