I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I am not going to protest. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love." - Nelson Mandela” — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors — 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
As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility. — 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
One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.” — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
I am aware of what the position is in the United States of America. If somebody gives to charity, then he gets a tax… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of our own people became a hunger for the freedom… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share
