My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has… — 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
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight. — 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
History will surely judge us harshly if we do not respond with all the energy and resources that we can bring to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must appreciate that all over the world, right down the centuries, there have been great religions that have encouraged the idea… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Jinnah is a constant source of inspiration for all those who are fighting against racial and group discrimination. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities… — 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
