When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that… — 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
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In many respects, people on the outside suffered more than those of us in jail. In prison, we ate three times a… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could even come… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I discovered even before I went to jail that apartheid was not run by people who were monolithic in their approach. Some… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry… — 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
