I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.… — 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
People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Today we are a nation at peace with itself, united in our diversity, not only proclaiming but living out the contention that… — 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
Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand… — 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 succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a… — 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
I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic… — 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
