Nelson Mandela Quotes - Page 23

• Now we are in the second term of the government of a united nation and the government has done very well. One thing they have done, one thing people could not be blind to, was the achievement this government has made in giving human beings dignity, which they did not enjoy before. They now have dignity.

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  Government, People, Giving

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• I appeal to the Youth and those on the ground: start talking to each other across divisions of race and political organizations.

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  Talking, Organization, Race

  Nelson Mandela (1998). “In the Words of Nelson Mandela”, Birch Lane Press

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• There is an absence of democratic accountability and control in every sphere of government and the state. To address this debilitating legacy requires determined action and a deep commitment to transforming our society from a crisis ridden present into something all South Africans can be truly proud of.

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  Commitment, Government, Accountability

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• Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party

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  Party, Long, Majority

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• Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place

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  Girl, Boys, Men

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 26, 2016

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• The United States of America is a threat to world peace.

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  America, United States, World

  "Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

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• There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.

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  Purpose, Fixed, Honorable

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• I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him.

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  Tragedy, Determined, Misery

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

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• In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed, a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population, the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution, and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges, magistrates, attorneys-general, law advisers and similar positions.

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  Mean, Rights, Law

  Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.127, Heinemann

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• The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

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  Achievement, Humanity, Victory

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

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• There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.

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  White, Political, Fundamentals

  Rally Address Following Release From Pollsmoor Prison, delivered 11 February 1990, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation

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  Children, Rocks, Assets

  Twitter post from Jan 10, 2017

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• We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace. We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people.

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  People, Effort, Lasts

  Presidential Inaugural Speech, delivered 10 May 1994, Pretoria, South Africa

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• It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters.

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  Brother, People, Giving

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• South Africans must recall the terrible past so that we can deal with it, forgiving where forgiveness is necessary but never forgetting.

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  Past, Forgiving, Never Forget

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• Let your greatness bloom.

  Nelson Mandela

  Greatness

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• We must appreciate that all over the world, right down the centuries, there have been great religions that have encouraged the idea of giving - of fighting poverty and of promoting the equality of human beings - whatever their background, whatever their political beliefs.

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  Fighting, Ideas, Appreciate

  Source: www.mott.org

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• The private sector granted bursaries [scholarships] for the children of their workers. Some of them built homes for their workers. They had in-service training, which improved the skills of their workers. So that spirit was there. All we did was merely exploit it.

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  Children, Home, Skills

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• Let us not be tempted by those who try to find the unique qualities in a particular group. In this case, among South Africa indigenous people, it reflected what has been evidenced throughout the world.

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  Unique, People, Trying

  Source: www.mott.org

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• 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.

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  Government, White, Groups

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• We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

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  War, Rights, Racism

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the present epoch. But in such a society are contained the seeds of revolutionary democracy in which none will be held in slavery.

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  Insecure, Democracy, Demand

  Nelson Mandela, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid (1982). “I have done my duty to my people and to South Africa: statement from the dock, 7 November 1962”

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• Those South Africans who berate me for being loyal to our friends, literally they can go and throw themselves into a pool. I am not going to betray the trust of those who helped us.

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  Loyal, Pool, Betray

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• To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

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  Believe, Men, Suffering

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do. To claim this century the African Century is to declare war on AIDS.

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  War, Leader, Political

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