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
When I went to jail, I was a trained lawyer. And when the wardens received letters of demands or summonses, they didn't… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it… — 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
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back… — 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
A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a… — 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
