Nelson Mandela Quotes — Page 29

Nelson Mandela

Political Leader

Creative

“We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.”

Children Education Fear

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Nelson Mandela

Political Leader

Grieving

“It is necessary to heal the wounds of the past If you are going to build your country and to have unity. I am working with people who fought me very bitterly before the elections. It was my responsibility as the man who is leading the majority party, my responsibility to heal the wounds of the past and to work with people who were my opponents.”

Country Party Responsibility

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Angry

“Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate”

Hate Wisdom

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Compassionate

“Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.”

World Differences

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Hopeful

“We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.”

People Heart Black And White

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Hopeful

“Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.”

Sacrifice Commitment Humble

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Creative

“I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.”

Boys Suffering Fate

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Courageous

“We need a fundamental change of mindset with regards to the way we speak and behave about sex and sexuality. Boys and men have a particularly critical role in this regard, changing the chauvinist and demeaning ways sexuality and women were traditionally dealt with in both our actions and speaking.”

Men Sex Boys

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Courageous

“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.”

Men Hatred Prejudice

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Compassionate

“There 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.”

People Able Riches

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Creative

“The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.”

Church Achievement Missionary

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Courageous

“Whether you change the linen or stitch up wounds, cook the food or dispense the medicines, it is in your hands to help build a public service worthy of all those who gave their lives for the dream of democracy”

Dream Food Medicine

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