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Government Quotes by Nelson Mandela
- A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.
- I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders…
- South Africans have no concept of time and this is also why we can't solve poverty and social problems… It's now 10 years since the…
- There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action…
- A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic…
- If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the…
- During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans,…
- I have spent more than 20 years in prison, then on one night I decided to surrender by signing all the terms and conditions of…
- I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired for their efforts…
- Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.
- The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the ones that should…
- How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through…
- There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply…
- Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and,…
- It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have consistently followed a policy of non-violence. They have conducted themselves…
- The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green light for government…
- It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre, not the African people .... It…
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- I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. — Joe Arpaio
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you… — Chinua Achebe
- Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it… — David Attenborough
- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
- Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one. — Bill Ayers
- The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his… — Ibrahim Babangida