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" The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken. "

Nelson Mandela

Made

Long

Decisions

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

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Nelson Mandela

Wake Up

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

" There is no such thing as part freedom. "

" I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days. "

" After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence. "

" The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture. "

" The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle. "

Nelson Mandela

Life

Opportunity

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. "

" 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. "