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
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
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
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
Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened… — 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
I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this… — 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
I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a… — 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
To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose. — 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
Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression... Our endeavors must be about the liberation of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my… — 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
