There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let us not be tempted by those who try to find the unique qualities in a particular group. In this case, among… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I watched, along with all of you, as the tens of thousands of our people stood patiently in long queues for many… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear… — 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
If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and… — 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 am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The relations between a man and his or her god is a personal matter; you can't go out and challenge the belief… — 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
