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Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. After 27 years of imprisonment, Mandela led his country's transition from apartheid to democracy with remarkable grace and a commitment to reconciliation that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

“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.”

— Nelson Mandela

Freedom

All Quotes by Nelson Mandela

“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.”

— Nelson Mandela

Great

“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

Fear

“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”

— Nelson Mandela

Peace

“Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.”

— Nelson Mandela

Fear

“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

Freedom

“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.”

— Nelson Mandela

Love

“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

Future

“I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.”

— Nelson Mandela

Time

“I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.”

— Nelson Mandela

Life

“Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.”

— Nelson Mandela

Peace

“Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.”

— Nelson Mandela

Men

“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”

— Nelson Mandela

Good

“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.”

— Nelson Mandela

Freedom

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

— Nelson Mandela

Freedom

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

— Nelson Mandela

Society

“A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.”

— Nelson Mandela

Good

“There is no such thing as part freedom.”

— Nelson Mandela

Freedom

“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

Life

“I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.”

— Nelson Mandela

Society

“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”

— Nelson Mandela

Experience