--- title: "7 Bases Quotes By Nelson Mandela" description: "7 Bases quotes by Nelson Mandela. Plus more from Nelson Mandela and more Bases sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/nelson-mandela-248_bases_i-am-influenced-more-than-ever-before-by_1049942.jpg" --- > [I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-am-influenced-more-than-ever-before-by-the-conviction-that-social/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/nelson-mandela-248_bases_i-am-influenced-more-than-ever-before-by_1049942.jpg) > [I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-regard-it-as-a-duty-which-i-owed-not-just-to-my-people-but-also-to/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/nelson-mandela-248_attitude_i-regard-it-as-a-duty-which-i-owed-not-j_1412300.jpg) > [How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/how-can-i-be-expected-to-believe-that-this-same-racial-discrimination/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/nelson-mandela-248_authority_how-can-i-be-expected-to-believe-that-th_2099440.jpg) > [We are extricating ourselves from a system that insulted our common humanity by dividing us from one another on the basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/we-are-extricating-ourselves-from-a-system-that-insulted-our-common/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5a/nelson-mandela-248_bases_we-are-extricating-ourselves-from-a-syst_2604283.jpg) > [Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/africans-require-want-the-franchise-on-the-basis-of-one-man-one-vote/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/nelson-mandela-248_4th-of-july_africans-require-want-the-franchise-on-t_2643510.jpg) > [We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/we-have-introduced-a-democratic-constitution-which-put-suvery-south/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd8/nelson-mandela-248_bases_we-have-introduced-a-democratic-constitu_2943891.jpg) > [People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/people-respond-in-accordance-to-how-you-relate-to-them-if-you/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/nelson-mandela-248_approach_people-respond-in-accordance-to-how-you_3005254.jpg) ## Other authors on Bases ## More by Nelson Mandela > [We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/we-must-work-together-to-ensure-the-equitable-distribution-of-wealth/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/especially-for-those-of-us-who-lived-in-single-cells-you-had-the-time/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/if-you-don-t-allow-people-to-contribute-to-offer-their-point-of-view/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/courageous-people-do-not-fear-forgiving-for-the-sake-of-peace/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/as-a-leader-i-have-always-endeavored-to-listen-to-what-each-and-every/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/some-of-the-mission-groups-that-have-been-responsible-for-our/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [“I believed that I would become a counsellor to the Thembu king,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-believed-that-i-would-become-a-counsellor-to-the-thembu-king/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/what-he-means-by-this-is-that-instead-of-saying-you-ll-try-you-need/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-learned-that-courage-was-not-the-absence-of-fear-but-the-triumph/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/we-need-to-exert-ourselves-that-much-more-and-break-out-of-the/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/prison-is-a-still-point-in-a-turning-world-and-it-is-very-easy-to/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/a-fundamental-concern-for-others-in-our-individual-and-community/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-am-aware-of-what-the-position-is-in-the-united-states-of-america-if/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/it-is-our-duty-to-give-support-to-the-brother-leader-especially-in/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) > [It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/it-was-during-those-long-and-lonely-years-that-my-hunger-for-the/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bases/nelson-mandela/#itemlist", "name": "7 Bases Quotes By Nelson Mandela", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nelson Mandela" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-am-influenced-more-than-ever-before-by-the-conviction-that-social/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/nelson-mandela-248_bases_i-am-influenced-more-than-ever-before-by_1049942.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/nelson-mandela-248_bases_i-am-influenced-more-than-ever-before-by_1049942.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/nelson-mandela-248_bases_i-am-influenced-more-than-ever-before-by_1049942.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human…” — Nelson Mandela", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice of law, and to the justice for all mankind, to cry out against this discrimination which is essentially unjust and opposed to the whole basis of the attitude towards justice which is part of the tradition of legal training in this country. 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