* Nelson Mandela Quote

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Nelson Mandela
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Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.
Nelson Mandela
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Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?
Nelson Mandela
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
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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.
Nelson Mandela
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I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.
Nelson Mandela
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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
Nelson Mandela
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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
Nelson Mandela
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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
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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
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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.
Nelson Mandela
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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
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela
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If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Nelson Mandela
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In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Nelson Mandela
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It always seems impossible until its done.
Nelson Mandela
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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
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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
Nelson Mandela
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Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Nelson Mandela
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
Nelson Mandela
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Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
Nelson Mandela
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Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
Nelson Mandela
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Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Nelson Mandela
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
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There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
Nelson Mandela
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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
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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.
Nelson Mandela
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There is no such thing as part freedom.
Nelson Mandela
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We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Nelson Mandela
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When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
Nelson Mandela
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“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“It always seems impossible until its done.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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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.”
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“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
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“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“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 quote
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“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“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 quote
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“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
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“As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a con-sensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment”
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“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.”
Nelson Mandela quote

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“In my country we go to prison first and then become President.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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““It is said that no-one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones,” Mr Mandela has said.”
mentalbarter Nelson Mandela quote
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“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“That was one of the things that worried me - to be raised to the position of a semi-god - because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed,”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“There is no such thing as part freedom”
Nelson Mandela quote
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There is nothing like returning to a place that reminds unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.”
Nelson Mandela quote
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“We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful: those in command of immense market power and those who dare to fashion the world in their own image”
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“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”
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“The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope. African music is often about the aspirations of the A”
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“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 quote
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“When I think about the past, the types of things they did, I feel angry, but then again that is my feeling. The brain always dominates, says, as I have pointed out, you have a limited time to stay on Earth. You must try and use that period to transfo”
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“How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.” Nelson Mandela quote
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“The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defense of our people, our”
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