Angry Quote by Desmond Tutu

Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the…

— Scilla Elworthy

Mandela is this extraordinary individual who can inspire the world. Instead of wanting revenge after being brutalized, he showed the world how to forgive.

— Naomie Harris

“Retaliation retards your excellence. Nelson Mandela would not have been named as a great man if not for his courage to forgive those who…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and…

— Coretta Scott King

Mandela did go to prison, and he went in there as a burning revolutionary. But look what came out. Mandela let us down.

— Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

When [Nelson Mandela] was in prison I admired him for his moral strength... Of his period in power I can see few results. Apartheid…

— Mengistu Haile Mariam

What I will remember most about Mr Mandela is that he was a man whose heart, soul and spirit could not be contained or…

— Muhammad Ali

I believe that anybody with Mandela's capacity to endure hardship and then forgive is a born leader and example to us all.

— Rory McIlroy

Mandela was a guy who didn't come in and just eviscerate the existing institutions. He sought to co-opt them. He brought white South Africans…

— Ben Rhodes

Mandela once told me that he lived on hatred when he went into prison because he was young and he was being abused and…

— Hillary Clinton

Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South Africa and…

— Bryan Adams

The first time I was privileged to meet president Mandela was during his visit to Malawi... shortly after he was released from prison. I…

— Joyce Banda