Mandela Quotes

86 Mandela quotes by 67 unique authors

As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the tasks of building… — Thabo Mbeki
Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South Africa and the… — Bryan Adams
The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us. — Barack Obama
My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew up in a… — William Kentridge
What made Nelson Mandela great, was precisely what made him human. We saw in him, what we seek in ourselves. — Jacob Zuma
It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of… — Barack Obama
Obviously because of my personal connection to Mandela and having had his story as part of my childhood, I knew how awesome he was. — Lenora Crichlow
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but… — Idris Elba
What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism. — Mark Gevisser
I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and… — Dick Gephardt
Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who… — Peter Guber
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger. — Philip Emeagwali
Just look at the great Nelson Mandela. He came out of prison and saved his entire country. Some of the best people in the world… — George Foreman
Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him. — Annie Lennox
By the way, I don't mean to pick nits here, but Obama has just ordered the flag at half-mast for 10 days for Mandela. He… — Rush Limbaugh
Do you realize, when Mandela was inaugurated president, he invited as his special guests the white jailers from his Robben Island prison? He literally did… — Rush Limbaugh
Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems… — Toni Morrison
This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I… — Nina Simone
From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson… — Guy Spier
Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man. — Ralph Steadman
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he… — Desmond Tutu
It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. — Desmond Tutu
We have a revolutionary history to honor and uphold. Which was what Nelson Mandela did. He reminded us of that which we need to be… — Charlie Pierce
I heard somebody say, 'Where's (Nelson) Mandela?' Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam killed all the Mandelas. --George W. Bush, on the former South African president,… — George W. Bush
My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn't reoffended. I think he's… — Ricky Gervais

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