Everybody Quote by Rush Limbaugh

As president, I watched in wonder as Nelson Mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive his jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment -…

— George H. W. Bush

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 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

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

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred…

— Dick Gephardt

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

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

You all must realize that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others - hundreds who languished in prison and…

— Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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

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,…

— Desmond Tutu

“-After all this pain and heartache, how are you now able to forgive? You seem so at peace with yourself and your life. How…

— Wes Moore

I'd like to believe that I would be able to give in the same way Mandela did, but in reality, I don't know whether…

— Naomie Harris