Quotes from Nelson Mandela

If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.

An initiative was essentially led by civil society because the policy of the government was that Africans must not be taught to graze in pastures which were reserved for the main white group.

Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary to what the government had planned to do.

When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.

An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy

There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.

The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!

History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks.

These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the greatest health crisis in human history.

Freedom would be meaningless without security in the home and in the streets.

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.

To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer - a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger.

Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.

Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.