No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre, not the African… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll… — 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
I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have consistently followed a policy of non-violence. They… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral… — 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
I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities,… — 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
![“The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and employees, black and white. In the sense of Africans, Coloreds and Indians - when I talk about blacks, I mean those three. Blacks and whites mingled to vote without any…” quote by Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/32f/nelson-mandela-248_april_the-first-election-in-which-all-south-af_1913647.jpg)
