Rights Quotes by Nelson Mandela

As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.

— Nelson Mandela

AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.

— Nelson Mandela

“To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”

— Nelson Mandela

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

— Nelson Mandela

It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is…

— Nelson Mandela

But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation,…

— Nelson Mandela

There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for…

— Nelson Mandela

The Children's Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the…

— Nelson Mandela

This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation…

— Nelson Mandela

A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must…

— Nelson Mandela

To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger…

— Nelson Mandela

We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is…

— Nelson Mandela

In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one…

— Nelson Mandela

Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don't have to have education in order…

— Nelson Mandela

Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have…

— Nelson Mandela