If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I want to find God, and because I want to find God, I have to find God along with other people. I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We understand and promote the notion that while children need to be guided they also have an entrenched right to be whatever… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable… — 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
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
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
As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you don’t intend having a compromise, you don’t negotiate at all. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If we do not do something to prevent it, Africa's animals, and the places in which they live, will be lost to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don’t want to listen to me, then drop… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays… — 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
