Quotes About Unity

We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all.

I always remember the regent's axiom: a leader, he said, 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. It

our father came back and he left us alone because he has now become the father of the nation.

One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies.

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.

One should never forget the main aim in a debate, inside and outside the organisations, in political rallies, in Parliament and other government structures, is that we should emerge from that debate, however sharp our differences might have been, stronger, closer and more united and confident that ever before.

No matter what I suffered in my pursuit of freedom, I always took strength from the fact that I was fighting with and for my own people. Bram was a free man who fought against his own people to ensure the freedom of others

People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite

I am your servant…. It is not the individuals that matter, but the collective….

Il nostro giocare in piccolo non serve al mondo.

un líder es como un pastor que permanece detrás del rebaño y permite que los más ágiles vayan por delante, tras lo cual, los demás les siguen sin darse cuenta de que en todo momento están siendo dirigidos desde detrás.

grievance into a succinct and pithy phrase, while mobilizing the people to combat it. Our slogan

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

Niemand wordt geboren met haat jegens iemand vanwege zijn huidskleur, zijn afkomst of zijn godsdienst. Als mensen het haten kunnen leren, kunnen ze ook leren liefhebben, want liefde bereikt het hart van de mens veel vanzelfsprekender dan haat.

Een leider, zegt hij, is als een herder. Hij blijft achter de kudde en laat de behendigste voorlopen, waarop de anderen volgen, zonder te beseffen dat ze steeds vanuit de achterhoede worden geleid.

to truly lead one's people one must also truly know them.

There is no such thing as part freedom.

But as I got closer to the car that would take me away, I realized that when I went through that gate, if I still hated them, they would still have me. I wanted to be free. And so I let it go.

Každý ?lov?k má v život? dvojí závazek - v??i rodin?, rodi??m, žen? a d?tem, ale také v??i národu, komunit?, zemi.

Suddenly there were no Xhosas or Zulus, no Indians or Africans, no rightists or leftists, no religious or political leaders; we were all nationalists and patriots bound together by a love of our common history our culture, our country, and our people.

In that moment, something stirred deep inside all of us, something strong and intimate, that bound us to one another. In that moment we felt the hand of the great past that made us what we were and the power of the great cause that linked us all together.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

It reminded me once again that truly to lead one's people one must also truly know them.

Africa's rock art is the common heritage of all Africans, but it is more than that. It is the common heritage of humanity.