When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
Nelson MandelaYoung people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.
Nelson MandelaIt is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
Nelson MandelaThere are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.
Nelson MandelaWe should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.
Nelson MandelaThe truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. 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. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning.
Nelson Mandela