I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I believe that in the end that it is kindness and accommodation that are all the catalysts for real change. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are people here [in South Africa] who, whatever the debate is on a particular issue, their dominating idea is that at… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love. — 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
Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the… — 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
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