South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. – Nelson Mandela
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. – Nelson Mandela
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. – Nelson Mandela
I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness. – Nelson Mandela
One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen. – Nelson Mandela
There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. – Nelson Mandela
Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me. – Nelson Mandela
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards. – Nelson Mandela
Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. – Nelson Mandela
Only free men can negotiate, prisoners can’t enter in contracts. – Nelson Mandela
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. – Nelson Mandela
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