Nelson Mandela Quotes And Sayings

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“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Let’s hope that Ken Osterbroek will be the last person to die.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organisation and the struggle we serve.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Many people in this country have paid the price before me and many will pay the price after me.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.”
– 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

“No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.”
– Nelson Mandela

“One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.”
– Nelson Mandela

“One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.”
– Nelson Mandela

“That is how I was able to change my life—by knowing that if somebody does something good for you, you have to respond.”
– Nelson Mandela

“That is why I build schools; I want to free people from poverty and illiteracy.”
– Nelson Mandela

“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
– Nelson Mandela

“The ego lies in the fact that I share it with men and women, some of whom are more capable than me. That is my ego.”
– Nelson Mandela

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
– Nelson Mandela

“The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.”
– Nelson Mandela

“The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.”
– Nelson Mandela

“The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.”
– Nelson Mandela

“There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.”
– Nelson Mandela

“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.”
– Nelson Mandela

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
– Nelson Mandela

“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
– Nelson Mandela

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