Nelson Mandela is one of the biggest hero of South Africa and the first black man who had become the President of South Africa, Her fighting has influented the world's view to the black ones. These are some of his fenomenal Quotes :
"We are not anti-white,
we are against white supremacy … we have condemned racialism no matter by whom
it is professed."
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Treason Trial, 1961.
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Treason Trial, 1961.
"Never, never and never
again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression
of one by another…"
Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address, Pretoria 9 May 1994.
Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address, Pretoria 9 May 1994.
"We enter into a covenant
that we shall build a society in which all South Africans, both black and
white, will be able to walk tall, without and fear in their hearts, assured of
their inalienable right to human dignity – a rainbow nation at peace with itself
and the world."
Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address, Pretoria 9 May 1994.
Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address, Pretoria 9 May 1994.
"Our single most
important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the
freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual. We
must construct that people-centred society of freedom in such a manner that it
guarantees the political liberties and the human rights of all our citizens."
Nelson Mandela, speech at the opening of the South African parliament, Cape Town 25 May 1994.
Nelson Mandela, speech at the opening of the South African parliament, Cape Town 25 May 1994.
"There is nothing like
returning to a place that remains unchanged to find ways in which you yourself
have altered."
Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.
Nelson Mandela, A Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.
"If we had any hopes or
illusions about the National Party before they came into office, we were
disabused of them quickly…The arbitrary and meaningless tests to decide black
form Coloured or Coloured from white often resulted in tragic cases…Where one
was allowed to live and work could rest on such absurd distinctions as the curl
of one's hair or the size of one's lips."
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.
"…the only [other] thing
my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla. In Xhosa,
Rolihlahla literally means 'pulling the branch of a tree', but its
colloquial meaning more accurately would be 'troublemaker'."
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk To Freedom, 1994.
"I have fought against
white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished
the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together
in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for,
and to see realised. But my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am
prepared to die."
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Rivonia Trial, 1964. Also repeated during the closing of his speech delivered in Cape Town on the day he was released from prison 27 years later, on 11 February 1990.
Nelson Mandela, defence statement during the Rivonia Trial, 1964. Also repeated during the closing of his speech delivered in Cape Town on the day he was released from prison 27 years later, on 11 February 1990.
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