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Peace Quotes by Nelson Mandela

50 Peace quotes by Nelson Mandela

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Courageous people do not fear forgiving when they seek peace. The quotes stress that discussion and negotiation can solve deep problems better than force. He also finds calm in music and dancing, saying that those who build peace are the true heroes.

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Rest in peace,

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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

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Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

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The best weapon is to sit down and talk.

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Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

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It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.

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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.

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Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

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Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

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Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

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One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible.

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Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.

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Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters'…

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The New World Order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity…

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“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson…

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Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment…

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Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria…

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No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than…

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There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government…

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Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all…

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“We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone…

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Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals…

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The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green…

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The United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid…

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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country,…

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I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's…

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The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the…

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We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a…

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Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

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It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.

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Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

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“To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy, and that enemy becomes one’s partner.”

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The United States of America is a threat to world peace.

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I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.

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If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is…

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We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and…

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Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the…

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Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.…

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