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
I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis. — 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 must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
