If we want any significant development, we must co-opt civil society. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Why is the United States behaving so arrogantly? All that (Mr. Bush) wants is Iraqi oil. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don’t want to listen to me, then drop… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I want to sleep for eternity with a broad smile on my face. I want those who remain behind to say this… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or make excuses. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We understand and promote the notion that while children need to be guided they also have an entrenched right to be whatever… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays… — 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 want to find God, and because I want to find God, I have to find God along with other people. I… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”[/box] [box]… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It's a tragedy what is happening, what Bush is doing. All Bush wants is Iraqi oil. There is no doubt that the… — 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
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