Nelson Mandela Quotes And Sayings

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“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
– Nelson Mandela

“There is no such thing as part freedom.”
– Nelson Mandela

“There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.”
– 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

“There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.”
– Nelson Mandela

“To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Today we are entering a new era for our country and its people. Today we celebrate not the victory of a party, but a victory for all the people of South Africa.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.”
– Nelson Mandela

“We are not anti-white, we are against white supremacy … we have condemned racialism no matter by whom it is professed.”
– Nelson Mandela

“We can’t afford to be killing one another.”
– Nelson Mandela

“We have sufficient cause to be cynical about humanity. We have seen enough injustice, strife, division, suffering, and pain, and our capacity to be massively inhuman.”
– Nelson Mandela

“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
– Nelson Mandela

“We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.”
– Nelson Mandela

“We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.”
– Nelson Mandela

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”
– Nelson Mandela

“What I am condemning is that one power, with a president [George W. Bush] who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.”
– Nelson Mandela

“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

“When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?”
– Nelson Mandela

“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.”
– Nelson Mandela

“Where you stand depends on where you sit.”
– Nelson Mandela

“You did so in the full understanding that the American dream is a dream that all the world’s people deserve; that a new world is in the making in which humanity should be united in its diversity of race, gender, language and religion.”
– Nelson Mandela

“You know, you can only lead them from behind.”
– Nelson Mandela

“You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and a complete relaxation, even when you’re discussing serious things, does help to mobilise friends around you. And I love that.”
– Nelson Mandela

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