A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.
Nelson MandelaIn countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.
Nelson MandelaWithout language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.
Nelson MandelaIt is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognize the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity.
Nelson Mandela