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
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
Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.Nelson Mandela
In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.Nelson Mandela
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. Nelson Mandela
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. Nelson Mandela
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.Nelson Mandela
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. Nelson Mandela
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.Nelson Mandela
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