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> [When those in power deny you of freedom the only path to freedom is power](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/when-those-in-power-deny-you-of-freedom-the-only-path-to-freedom-is/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [“To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/to-deny-people-of-their-human-rights-is-to-challenge-their-very/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/i-do-not-deny-that-i-planned-sabotage-i-did-not-plan-it-in-a-spirit/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/racism-is-a-blight-on-the-human-conscience-the-idea-that-any-people/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/a-society-that-does-not-value-its-older-people-denies-its-roots-and/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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> [To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/to-deny-people-of-their-human-rights-is-to-challenge-their-very-2/)

[Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/)

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## Other authors on Deny

## 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/)

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