Nelson Mandela

Sport has the power to change the world… Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.

Nelson Mandela

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.

Nelson Mandela

Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.

Nelson Mandela

Teach the children that Africans are not one iota inferior to Europeans.

Nelson Mandela

The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced – between the unpalatable and the inedible.

Nelson Mandela

The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help build the country of our dreams?

Nelson Mandela

The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!

Nelson Mandela

The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.

Nelson Mandela

The Children’s Hospital will be a credible demonstration of the commitment of African leaders to place the rights of children at the forefront. Nothing less would be enough.

Nelson Mandela

The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.

Nelson Mandela