If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them,… — 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… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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
You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I… — 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
Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I want to find God, and because I want to find God, I have to find God along with other people. I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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
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
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
I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the… — 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
