“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.”
— Nelson Mandela
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Our single most important challenge is therefore
“Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.”
— Nelson Mandela
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Category: freedom
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I started to make a study of
“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
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Our human compassion binds us the one
“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
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Give a child love, laughter and peace,
“Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.”
— Nelson Mandela
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There is no easy walk to freedom
“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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A good head and a good heart
“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
— Nelson Mandela
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Never, never and never again shall it
“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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I learned that courage was not the
“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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I have cherished the ideal of a
“I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.”
— Nelson Mandela
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I learned that courage was not the
“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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