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" 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. "

" Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. "

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" 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. "

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

" A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. "

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

" In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. "

" 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. "

" After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person. "

" Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. "

" If you are poor, you are not likely to live long. "

" 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. "

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

" If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. "

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

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

" 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 defenseless people. "