Nelson Mandela

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts.

Nelson Mandela

Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society.

Nelson Mandela

Our continent must be allowed to do its own things, charting its course and destiny.

Nelson Mandela

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.

Nelson Mandela

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

Nelson Mandela

Our economic approach to food and its distribution reflects our basic moral values.

Nelson Mandela

Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.

Nelson Mandela

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

Nelson Mandela

Our motto should be: let us make peace so that we can concentrate on the really important work that needs to be done. That is, alleviating the plight of the poor and the defenceless, for as long as most of humanity feels the pain of poverty we all remain prisoners.

Nelson Mandela

Our people outside of prison used my name to mobilize the community locally and internationally. But for me to be treated separately from my colleagues, who had contributed as much as and even more than I had, would have been a betrayal of them.

Nelson Mandela