We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share… — 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 understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We know what needs to be done -- all that is missing is the will to do it, — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I know that, throughout the world, there are good men and women concerned with the greatest challenges facing society today - poverty,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character! — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The UN took a strong stand against apartheid; and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don't have to have education in order… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph. — 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