Nelson Mandela

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from read more

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not read more

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.

We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us read more

We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and read more

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.