Deals Quote by Nelson Mandela

Perhaps one could say I've worked in South Africa too long, but I believe in forgiveness, especially when a person admits a mistake, asks…

— Michael Finkel

We recall our terrible past so that we can deal with it, to forgive where forgiveness is necessary, without forgetting; to ensure that never…

— Nelson Mandela

Africa can stun you in an instant. It can throw floods and drought and disease at you, sometimes all at the same time. In…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

We forgive but not forgotten

— Nelson Mandela

There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined…

— Nelson Mandela

The concept of forgiveness is to forget the past.

— Seif Salum

What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.

— F. W. de Klerk

Our history is responsible for the differences in the South African way of life.

— P. W. Botha

In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such…

— Mark Twain

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being…

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

Without white South Africa realizing what it had done - and on the basis of that realization having the courage to ask for forgiveness…

— Athol Fugard

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