You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll… — 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