Nelson Mandela Quotes

• There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.

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  Tags in Peace, Government, Against

• The titanic effort that has brought liberation to South Africa, and ensured the total liberation of Africa, constitutes an act of redemption for the black people of the world.

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• It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

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• Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

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  Tags in Peace, Seem, Works

• I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.

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  Tags in Myself, Socialism

• I have retired, but if there’s anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

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• I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

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• In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

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• I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.

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• I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

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• I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

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• We can’t afford to be killing one another.

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• I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

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• Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

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• Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.

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  Tags in Sometimes, Missed

• Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

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  Tags in Living, Leaders, Lead

• If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

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  Topics in America, Country

  Tags in United

• Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

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  Tags in Lose, Dignity, Tries

• No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

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  Tags in Unless, Educated

• Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

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  Tags in Peace

Nelson Mandela (116)

Birth:	18th July, 1918
Death:	5th December, 2013
Nationality:	South African
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician, Social Worker, Statesman

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