South African - Statesman | July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela
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Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
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Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.
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We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
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Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
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There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people.
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In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
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