Evolution Quote by William Finnegan

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

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story,…

— Idris Elba

Mandela means a lot to the world. He's something special. There's only a few people in the history of mankind with that kind of…

— Ruud Gullit

Unsurprisingly, Nelson Mandela had and still has many detractors.

— Henry Rollins

What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism.

— Mark Gevisser

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

— Clint Eastwood

Nelson Mandela stands as an inspiration to us all

— Kofi Annan

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 has played a crucial part in history. He's done some extraordinary things, not only for his country but also for the whole world.

— Zinedine Zidane

Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power

— Barack Obama

“It always seems impossible until it is done.’ NELSON MANDELA”

— Ha-Joon Chang

Mandela was chosen as a symbol of the South African struggle, and he did that great. But I wasn't just happy for him. I…

— Hugh Masekela