Nelson Mandela Quotes
I have always endeavoured to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion.
Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.
Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.
For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.
Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.
Leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference, and an uncompromising commitment to peaceful solutions of conflicts and disputes.
It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.
There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill.
History will surely judge us harshly if we do not respond with all the energy and resources that we can bring to bear in the fight against HIV/AIDS
No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent
It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your duty.
Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.
I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.
When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.
We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.
When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.
If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don’t want to listen to me, then drop me as your leader
I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.
I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.
Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.
The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.
There's one place where (Fidel Castro’s) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!
The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home amongst compatriots
There is nothing to popularize a person. Only humility, which is the ability to remain in the background and to put others in the front light.
Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.
