It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
Nelson MandelaSouth Africans have no concept of time and this is also why we can't solve poverty and social problemsโฆ It's now 10 years since the fall of the Apartheid government and we cannot blame Apartheid for being tardy.
Nelson MandelaYour victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.
Nelson MandelaIf the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.
Nelson Mandela