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
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
At the southern tip of the continent, a rich reward is in the making, an invaluable gift is in the preparation, for… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for:… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral… — 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
There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I would like it to be said: here lies a man who has done his duty on earth — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be… — 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
