Violence Quotes by Nelson Mandela

Great anger and violence can never build a nation.

— Nelson Mandela

“Violence was the only weapon that would destroy apartheid.”

— Nelson Mandela

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

— Nelson Mandela

I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it.

— Nelson Mandela

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than…

— Nelson Mandela

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.

— 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

When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against…

— Nelson Mandela

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

— Nelson Mandela

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre, not the African…

— Nelson Mandela

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government…

— Nelson Mandela

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green…

— 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

I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved…

— Nelson Mandela

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

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have…

— Nelson Mandela

Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities,…

— Nelson Mandela

The first election in which all South Africans took part was in April, 1994. There were long queues [lines] of employers and…

— Nelson Mandela

At the meeting I argued that the state had given us no alternative to violence. I said it was wrong and immoral…

— Nelson Mandela

I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic…

— Nelson Mandela

It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have consistently followed a policy of non-violence. They…

— Nelson Mandela

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