Nelson Mandela

It generally appears outlandish until its carried out.

Nelson Mandela

It is not my ambition to marry a white woman or swim in a white pool. It is political equality that we want.

Nelson Mandela

It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.

Nelson Mandela

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

Nelson Mandela

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.

Nelson Mandela

Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways – he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted, I was serious.

Nelson Mandela

Keep your friends close – and your rivals even closer.

Nelson Mandela

Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.

Nelson Mandela

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

Nelson Mandela

Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all…

Nelson Mandela