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" I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites. "

Nelson Mandela

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" You know, you can only lead them from behind. "

" Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit. "

" Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose. "

" Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. "

" Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status. "

" 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. "

" Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla. "

" I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances. "

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

" I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the moment I first glimpsed Winnie Nomzamo, I knew that I wanted to have her as my wife. "

" Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself. "

" Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul. "

" 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. "

" In my country we go to prison first and then become President. "

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

" Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will. "

" In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine. "

" Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS. "

" I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. "

" At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said. "

" It always seems impossible until it's done. "

" Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves. "

" 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. "