Nelson Mandela Quotes (92 quotes)

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„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.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„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.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„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.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„My son has died of AIDS.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„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.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„By ancestry, I was born to rule.“
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Picture of quotation author Nelson Mandela
„The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.“
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„I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.“
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Author information

Nelson Mandela
Author born: July 18, 1918
Author died: December 05, 2013
Nationality: South African
Author Profession: Statesman

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