South African - Activist | September 26, 1936 - April 2, 2018
I was so hooked by the fight for freedom that nothing mattered to us so long as we fulfilled the dream of years and years of our people being liberated. I thought normal life would come the day after.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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I don't want a grand villa in a rich suburb alongside white people where many of my former comrades choose to live. I would never betray my roots in that way.
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I wanted to be a doctor at some point, and I was always bringing home strays from school: people who were too poor to pay fees or have food. My parents never rebuked me or told me that they were hard-pressed, too.
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The life of the President's First Lady would not have been for me. And I don't know how I would have been as a housewife.
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I often wonder why I attract so much criticism.
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As much as the South African racist regime is prepared to fight to the last man, so are we determined to fight to the bitter end.
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It is any wife's dream to lead a normal life with her family.
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The solution of this country's problems lies in black hands.
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One of the greatest things I fear is letting down my people. I wouldn't live with that type of conscience, of having let down my people after they've been brutalized for so long.
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I never talk about my private life.
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It dawned on me then that you either had to survive apartheid, or you had to perish with it. And I decided to survive.
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I believe in myself and the justice I've fought for all my life.
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