“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.”
Fear“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.”
Art“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.”
Fear“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
Good“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”
Experience“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
Time“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
Society“I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.”
Time“Only free men can negotiate prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”
Freedom“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.”
Future“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.”
Freedom“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.”
Politics“Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.”
Politics“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.”
Freedom“There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.”
Government“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
Death“I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.”
Art“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.”
Morning“Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.”
Men“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
Peace“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
Peace“I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.”
Society