Nelson Mandela Quotes
58 Nelson Mandela quotes by 48 unique authors
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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
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Nelson Mandela is awe inspiring - a person who really sacrificed for what he believed in. I feel truly humbled by him.
— Annie Lennox
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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
— Nelson Mandela
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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
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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
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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
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Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.
— Ralph Steadman
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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
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It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
— Desmond Tutu
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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
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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
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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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The famous passage from her book is often erroneously attributed to the inaugural address of Nelson Mandela. About the misattribution Williamson said, "Several years ago,…
— Marianne Williamson
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Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.
— Henry Rollins
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Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the incredible…
— Scilla Elworthy
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When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
— Ban Ki-moon
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Nelson Mandela was an outstanding leader and a mentor for me. I was in South Africa at the time he was released. I was in…
— Gail Kelly
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Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an…
— Malala Yousafzai
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I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others…
— Malala Yousafzai
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I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.
— Rory Bremner
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One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he…
— Joan Armatrading
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Nelson, you made a history, you brought freedom in the country. Now that God had set you free from aging of the world we wont…
— Unknown Author
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NELSON MANDELA: Do not judge me by my success, but judge me by how many times I fell down and got up again.
— Terry Mark
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NELSON MANDELA: A good heart and a good head are a formidable combination.
— Terry Mark
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Rest in peace tata Doctor Nelson Mandela. We love you. . . . .
— Tirelo Answer Phokane
Who Wrote These Nelson Mandela Quotes
48 authors contributed a total of 58 Nelson Mandela Quotes, led by these top contributors: