Mandela Nelson Quotes
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In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.
— Nelson Mandela
As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
— Nelson Mandela
If you talk to a man in a second language , your talking to his brain ,if you talk to him in his mother language you're talking to his heart -
— Nelson Mandela
Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
— Nelson Mandela
Soccer is one of the most unifying activities amongst us.
— Nelson Mandela
We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.
— Nelson Mandela
I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.
— Rory Bremner
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
— Nelson Mandela
I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done.
— Robin Williams
I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
— Malala Yousafzai
If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.
— Nelson Mandela
The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.
— Nelson Mandela
Our society needs to re-establish a culture of caring.
— Nelson Mandela
It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
— Nelson Mandela
No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.
— Nelson Mandela
Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair
— Nelson Mandela
Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party
— Nelson Mandela
Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.
— Nelson Mandela
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
— Nelson Mandela
When we decided to take up arms, it was because the only other choice was to surrender and to submit to slavery.
— Nelson Mandela
Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the world moves on.
— Nelson Mandela
Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place
— Nelson Mandela
We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.
— Nelson Mandela
A man is not a man until he has a house of his own.
— Nelson Mandela
My family is very large. 42 million.
— Nelson Mandela
If you want to preach a revolutionary message, wear a suit.
— Nelson Mandela
The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.
— Nelson Mandela
Forget the past.
— Nelson Mandela
Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless.
— Nelson Mandela
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
— Nelson Mandela
Know your enemy - and learn about his favorite sport.
— Nelson Mandela
The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person,
— Nelson Mandela
There is no such thing as part freedom
— Nelson Mandela
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.
— Nelson Mandela
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
— Nelson Mandela
I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.
— Nelson Mandela
All remained loyal to him, not because they always agreed with him, but because the regent listened to and respected different opinions.
— Nelson Mandela
In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.
— Nelson Mandela
I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.
— Nelson Mandela
As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.
— Nelson Mandela
The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.
— Nelson Mandela
The death sentence is a barbaric act.
— Nelson Mandela
To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.
— Nelson Mandela
Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations
— Nelson Mandela
Times change, we need to change as well.
— Nelson Mandela
The importance of a high moral code, which is at the foundation of the Scout movement, cannot be stressed too highly.
— Nelson Mandela
South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.
— Nelson Mandela
When you are behind bars with no hope of release, you need to find strength wherever you can. Personally, I found strength in Michael Jackson.
— Nelson Mandela
For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.
— Nelson Mandela
In prison, illusions can offer comfort.
— Nelson Mandela
Our continent must be allowed to do its own things, charting its course and destiny.
— Nelson Mandela
MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.
— Nelson Mandela
The wealthiest and most popular boy at the circumcision school.
— Nelson Mandela
It always seems impossible until it's done.
— Nelson Mandela
We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms.
— Nelson Mandela
It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and
build. — Nelson Mandela
Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.
— Nelson Mandela
You know, you can only lead them from behind.
— Nelson Mandela
We can't fight AIDS unless we do much more to fight TB as well.
— Nelson Mandela
I have often wondered whether a person is justified in neglecting his own family to fight for opportunities for others.
— Nelson Mandela
When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.
— Nelson Mandela
The New World Order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity for all.
— Nelson Mandela
If you want to change the world, help the women.
— Nelson Mandela
I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.
— Nelson Mandela
One subject we hearkened back to again and again was the question of whether there were tigers in Africa.
— Nelson Mandela
One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.
— Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela once said "I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I'm not going to protest."
— Kumi Naidoo
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
— Nelson Mandela
I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.
— Nelson Mandela
You negotiate in bad faith if you do not forgive your adversary.
— Nelson Mandela
Out of the motorcar (I learned later that this majestic vehicle was a Ford V8) stepped a short, thickset man wearing a smart suit.
— Nelson Mandela
Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.
— Nelson Mandela
Non-violence is a good policy when conditions permit.
— Nelson Mandela
While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.
— Nelson Mandela
I say to all those leaders: Do not look the other way, do not hesitate ... It is within your power to prevent a genocide.
— Nelson Mandela
Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.
— Nelson Mandela
Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.
— Nelson Mandela
Quitting is leading too.
— Nelson Mandela
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
— Nelson Mandela
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.
— Nelson Mandela
It only seems impossible until it's done.
— Nelson Mandela
If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.
— Nelson Mandela
Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.
— Nelson Mandela
