Nelson Mandela ( 10 of 22 )
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society read more
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.
The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
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.
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
