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> [We cannot pretend we do not have problems; we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our country. A lot of things are wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/we-cannot-pretend-we-do-not-have-problems-we-cannot-pretend-things/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

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## More by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

> [We talk of a rainbow nation - in a country that remains dichotomized between black and white. We must acknowledge that the rainbow, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/we-talk-of-a-rainbow-nation-in-a-country-that-remains-dichotomized/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [Mandela did go to prison, and he went in there as a burning revolutionary. But look what came out. Mandela let us down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/mandela-did-go-to-prison-and-he-went-in-there-as-a-burning/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [The solution of this country's problems lies in black hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/the-solution-of-this-country-s-problems-lies-in-black-hands/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [Nelson was locked up on Robben Island, and wives like me had been warned we would bring our husbands home as corpses from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/nelson-was-locked-up-on-robben-island-and-wives-like-me-had-been/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [As much as the South African racist regime is prepared to fight to the last man, so are we determined to fight to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/as-much-as-the-south-african-racist-regime-is-prepared-to-fight-to/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [I have a good relationship with Mandela. But I am not Mandela's product. I am the product of the masses of my country and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/i-have-a-good-relationship-with-mandela-but-i-am-not-mandela-s/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [I don't say we should have performed miracles, but surely there ought to have been a difference between the apartheid regime and governance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/i-don-t-say-we-should-have-performed-miracles-but-surely-there-ought/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [Sport has the power to change the world,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/sport-has-the-power-to-change-the-world/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [When I was born, my mother was very disappointed. She wanted a son. I knew that from a very early age. So I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/when-i-was-born-my-mother-was-very-disappointed-she-wanted-a-son-i/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [This name Mandela is an albatross around the necks of my family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/this-name-mandela-is-an-albatross-around-the-necks-of-my-family/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [I learned to deal with the police... to be tough... to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/i-learned-to-deal-with-the-police-to-be-tough-to-survive/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [To me, David Astor was a freedom fighter. To me, he wasn't just a journalist; he was a freedom fighter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/to-me-david-astor-was-a-freedom-fighter-to-me-he-wasn-t-just-a/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [Those 18 months in solitary confinement... bruised my soul. If I had had a weapon, I would have fought my way out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/those-18-months-in-solitary-confinement-bruised-my-soul-if-i-had-had/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [I am not sorry. I will never be sorry. I would do everything I did again if I had to. Everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/i-am-not-sorry-i-will-never-be-sorry-i-would-do-everything-i-did/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

> [I knew what it is to hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-madikizela-mandela/i-knew-what-it-is-to-hate/)

[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-madikizela-mandela/)

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