Quote

Nothing is black or white.

Nelson Mandela

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
Autobiographer
Former President Of South Africa
Lawyer
Political Activist
Political Prisoner
Politician
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
Prisoner 46664
Madiba
Inspiring
White
Black
Nothing

More quotes by Nelson Mandela

Image
Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .
Nelson Mandela
Image
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Nelson Mandela
Image
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
Nelson Mandela
Image
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Racism is a blight on the human conscience
Nelson Mandela
Image
Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.
Nelson Mandela
Image
We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.
Nelson Mandela
Image
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.
Nelson Mandela
Image
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
Image
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.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way.
Nelson Mandela
Image
In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.
Nelson Mandela
Image
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.
Nelson Mandela
Image
With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet.
Nelson Mandela
Image
If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.
Nelson Mandela
Image
It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.
Nelson Mandela
Image
No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity
Nelson Mandela
Image
I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away.
Nelson Mandela
Image
Che Guevara's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory.
Nelson Mandela