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" The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world. "

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" 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. "

Nelson Mandela

Compassion

Suffering

Hope

" Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and, if the policy bore fruit, democratic government could become a reality. "

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

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

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

" 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

Wake Up

" 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. "

" Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. "

" I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination. "

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

" There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way. "

Nelson Mandela

People

Leader

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

" 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. "

" As an attorney, I could be rather flamboyant in court. I did not act as though I were a black man in a white man's court, but as if everyone else - white and black - was a guest in my court. When trying a case, I often made sweeping gestures and used high-flown language. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting down just to think is one of the best ways of keeping yourself fresh and able, to be able to address the problems facing you, and you had the opportunity, also, of examining your past. "

" I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color. "

" There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. "

" I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot. "