The New World Order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity… — 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
There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our motto should be: let us make peace so that we can concentrate on the really important work that needs to be… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters'… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have consistently followed a policy of non-violence. They… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A man does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning… — 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 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
