Quotes from Nelson Mandela
You know, you can only lead them from behind.
- Nelson Mandela
We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
- Nelson Mandela
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
- Nelson Mandela
I never lose. Either I win or learn.
- Nelson Mandela
The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.
- Nelson Mandela
Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics.
- Nelson Mandela
Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.
- 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
Let the efforts of us all, prove that he [Martin Luther King] was not a mere dreamer when he spoke of the beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace being more precious than diamonds or silver or gold
- Nelson Mandela
I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity.
- Nelson Mandela
The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one language, who chose not one tribe, who chose all of humankind!
- Nelson Mandela
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.
- Nelson Mandela