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" I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east. "

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

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" 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. "

" Forget the past. "

" I came across few whites as a boy at Qunu. The local magistrate, of course, was white, as was the nearest shopkeeper. Occasionally, white travelers or policemen passed through our area. These whites appeared as grand as gods to me, and I was aware that they were to be treated with a mixture of fear and respect. "

" 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. "

" By ancestry, I was born to rule. "

" 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. "

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" Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. "

" When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. "

" I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life. "

" To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. "

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

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

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

" No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. "

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

" It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. "

" I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master's car. "

" I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists. "

" Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. "

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

" There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. "

" 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. "

" Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me. "

" I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. "