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Former President Of South Africa Inspirational Quotes (386)

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Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.
Nelson Mandela
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I went as an observer, not a participant, for I do not think that I ever spoke. I wanted to understand the issues under discussion, evaluate the arguments, see the calibre of the men involved.
Nelson Mandela
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The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.
Nelson Mandela
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Isimangaliso must be the only place on the globe where the oldest land mammal (rhinoceros) and the world biggest terrestrial mammal (elephant) share an ecosystem with the world's oldest fish (coelacanth) and the world's biggest marine mammal (whale)
Nelson Mandela
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I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.
Nelson Mandela
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I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was leaving behind.
Nelson Mandela
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Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.
Nelson Mandela
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No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.
Nelson Mandela
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In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.
Nelson Mandela
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The death sentence is a barbaric act.
Nelson Mandela
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A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
Nelson Mandela
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Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened and that progress in this country takes place as fast as it can.
Nelson Mandela
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Times change, we need to change as well.
Nelson Mandela
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When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.
Nelson Mandela
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To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.
Nelson Mandela
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The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
Nelson Mandela
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No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity
Nelson Mandela
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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
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I am fundamentally an optimist.
Nelson Mandela
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Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.
Nelson Mandela
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One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing this reality, future generations are in danger of losing their history.
Nelson Mandela
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Che Guevara's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory.
Nelson Mandela
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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had the privilege of studying.
Nelson Mandela
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Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if he doesn't follow the policy of the government - though he himself does not believe in that policy.
Nelson Mandela
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