Nelson Mandela Quotes
58 quotes by 51 authors
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct…
— John Berger
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The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past - Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela - they're…
— Dennis C. Blair
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I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation…
— Bono
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a…
— Jackson Browne
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson…
— Jack Canfield
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Nelson Mandela said: 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' Peace is possible.
— John Bonifaz
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During my time here [Guantanamo], as Nelson Mandela says … the most important thing you have is time to think about things. I came to…
— Omar Khadr
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Nelson Mandela stood up against a great injustice and was willing to pay a huge price for that. That's the reason he's mourned today, because…
— Rick Santorum
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I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the anti-apartheid years, became…
— Achmat Dangor
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My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle…
— Nina Simone
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Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting…
— Marc Ian Barasch
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I think there’s a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or…
— Jody Williams
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Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them.…
— Rush Limbaugh
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Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all
— Kofi Annan
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The world has lost a visionary leader, a courageous voice for justice, and a clear moral compass. By showing us that the path to freedom…
— Kofi Annan
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A lot of controversy over this possible invasion of Iraq. In fact, Nelson Mandela was so upset, he called Bush's dad. How embarrassing, when world…
— Jay Leno
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I think the most moving part of my trip [to Africa] so far was seeing 92-year-old Nelson Mandela, and just thinking about his life. This…
— Michelle Obama
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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
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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
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The world thanks you for sharing Nelson Mandela with us.
— Barack Obama
Who Wrote These Nelson Mandela Quotes
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