Nelson Mandela

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects read more

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much read more

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the read more

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your read more

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.