If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they can never like you. And you can never build that instrument of collective leadership.
Nelson MandelaI have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
Nelson MandelaMillions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.
Nelson MandelaThe United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid of a veto in the Security Council, you can go outside and take action and violate the sovereignty of other countries. That is the message they are sending to the world. That must be condemned in the strongest terms.
Nelson Mandela