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Forget the past.
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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela
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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.
Nelson Mandela -
I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.
Nelson Mandela -
You know, you can only lead them from behind.
Nelson Mandela -
There is nothing I fear more than waking up without a program that will help me bring a little happiness to those with no resources, those who are poor, illiterate, and ridden with terminal disease.
Nelson Mandela -
I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the moment I first glimpsed Winnie Nomzamo, I knew that I wanted to have her as my wife.
Nelson Mandela -
Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.
Nelson Mandela
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The ANC has never at any period of its history advocated a revolutionary change in the economic structure of the country, nor has it, to the best of my recollection, ever condemned capitalist society.
Nelson Mandela -
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
Nelson Mandela -
Because of their courage and persistence for many years, we can, today, even set the dates when all humanity will join together to celebrate one of the outstanding human victories of our century. When that moment comes, we shall, together, rejoice in a common victory over racism, apartheid and white minority rule.
Nelson Mandela -
We dedicate this day to all the heroes and heroines in this country and the rest of the world who sacrificed in many ways and surrendered their lives so that we could be free. Their dreams have become reality. Freedom is their reward.
Nelson Mandela -
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
Nelson Mandela -
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
Nelson Mandela
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I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life.
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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
Nelson Mandela -
At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said.
Nelson Mandela -
Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.
Nelson Mandela -
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
Nelson Mandela -
It always seems impossible until it's done.
Nelson Mandela
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My son has died of AIDS.
Nelson Mandela -
Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
Nelson Mandela -
I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Nelson Mandela -
The Gandhian influence dominated freedom struggles on the African continent right up to the 1960s because of the power it generated and the unity it forged among the apparently powerless. Nonviolence was the official stance of all major African coalitions, and the South African A.N.C. remained implacably opposed to violence for most of its existence.
Nelson Mandela