When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Video screenshot Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' "Man's goodness is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. — 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
Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others… — 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
