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" No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. "
Nelson Mandela
Really
Citizens
Country
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" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Training
Fight
War
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Glasses
Travel
Blue
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Training
Discipline
Competition
" If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. "
Nelson Mandela
Roads
Dreams
Beautiful
" 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
Political
Love
Calm
" You know, you can only lead them from behind. "
Nelson Mandela
Behind
Them
You
" When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat. "
Nelson Mandela
Foolish
Off
Water
" Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country. "
Nelson Mandela
Education
Challenges
Face
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Sent
Then
Life
" After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. "
Nelson Mandela
Climbing
Only
Climb
" Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself. "
Nelson Mandela
Life
Feel
Who
" From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort. "
Nelson Mandela
Africa
Last
Lawyers
" If you are poor, you are not likely to live long. "
Nelson Mandela
Long
Live
Likely
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Boy
Through
White
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
People
Victory
Celebrate
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Me
Wake Up
Up
" If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. "
Nelson Mandela
World
America
Country
" Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul. "
Nelson Mandela
Soul
Your
Years
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Non-Violence
Peace
Government
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Africa
Unity
Problems
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Walk
Death
Us
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Going
Small Things
Simple
" People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society. "
Nelson Mandela
You
People
Progress
" Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. "
Nelson Mandela
Courage
People
Courageous
" In my country we go to prison first and then become President. "
Nelson Mandela
Then
Become
Country
" By ancestry, I was born to rule. "
Nelson Mandela
Ancestry
I Was Born
Born
" There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. "
Nelson Mandela
Soul
Society
Revelation
" 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. "
Nelson Mandela
Life
Challenge
Enjoy
" I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people. "
Nelson Mandela
Here
People
Before
" Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit. "
Nelson Mandela
Good
Nonviolence
Policy