No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society. — 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
The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help build the country… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened… — 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
To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Today we are a nation at peace with itself, united in our diversity, not only proclaiming but living out the contention that… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have… — 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
The United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Regarding African education in this country, there was a time when the government took no interest whatsoever in African education. It was… — 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. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is necessary to heal the wounds of the past If you are going to build your country and to have unity.… — 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