South Africa Quotes - Page 2

• Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.

  Nelson Mandela

  Way, March, Dictator

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

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• Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

  Nelson Mandela

  Struggle, Sacrifice, Fighting

  Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.109, Heinemann

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• The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom

  Nelson Mandela

  Mean, Fighting, Two

  Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.169, Heinemann

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• 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. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign.

  Nelson Mandela

  Beautiful, Land, Justice For All

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

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• I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand unremembered moments produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that imprisoned my people. There was no particular day on which I said, Henceforth I will devote myself to the liberation of my people; instead, I simply found myself doing so, and could not do otherwise.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Commitment, Fighting

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• South Africans have no concept of time and this is also why we can't solve poverty and social problems… It's now 10 years since the fall of the Apartheid government and we cannot blame Apartheid for being tardy.

  Nelson Mandela

  Fall, Government, Years

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• Perhaps it is God's will to lead the people of South Africa through defeat and humiliation to a better future and a brighter day.

  Jan Smuts

  People, Defeat, Brighter Days

  1902 Speech at the Vereeniging peace talks, 31 May.

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• Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Men, Resolution

  Statement from prison, 10 Feb. 1985

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• Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

  Nelson Mandela

  Peace, Nature, Water

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

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• South Africa is a country built on possibility. Possibility lies in making a difference and creating value from a situation - without denying that certain issues exist.

  Benjamin Zander

  Country, Lying, Creating Value

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• I knew South Africa was going to change; you can't keep people down forever. It's unnatural. Somehow something had to crack, and it did.

  Letta Mbulu

  People, Forever, Cracks

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.

  Nelson Mandela

  Humble, Commitment, Sacrifice

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Feb 11, 2014

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• If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

  Nelson Mandela

  Friendship, Inspiring, Leadership

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

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• South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.

  Louis Leakey

  Long, Records, Lasts

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• No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. 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.

  Nelson Mandela

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Nov 04, 2014

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• We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Palestine, Apartheid

  Twitter post from Nov 29, 2015

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  Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Motivational, Death

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Dec 05, 2013

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• I pray for my nation, South Africa. As Jesus stood in the boat and commanded the storms to be calm, I stand in the midst of the storm in my nation, South Africa and I command the storm, wind and waves to be calm, in the name of Jesus! I speak calmness to my nation, South Africa, in the name of Jesus!

  T. B. Joshua

  Jesus, Wind, Names

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• There are shantytowns in South Africa that are built better than Renaults!

  Jeremy Clarkson

  South, Built

  "Top Gear", Episode #4.6. Comedy, Talk-Show, June 13, 2004.

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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.

  Nelson Mandela

  War, Rights, Racism

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

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• The Green Revolution focused on the big three - maize, rice and wheat - and the Green Revolution did not adapt the big three to African conditions, other than South Africa, as much as they should have.

  Bill Gates

  Should Have, Three, Green

  "Bill Gates, time traveler". www.politico.com.

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• In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights.

  Desmond Tutu

  Country, Children, Rights

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• As a citizen of this country, I've got to be honest to the people of South Africa.

  Jacob Zuma

  Country, People, Citizens

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• We can change South Africa on the rugby field

  Danie Craven

  Fields, Rugby, South

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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.

  Nelson Mandela

  Unique, People, Trying

  Source: www.mott.org

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