Freedom fighter, statesman, moral compass and
South Africa’s symbol of the struggle against
racial oppression.
That was Nelson Mandela, who emerged from
prison after 27 years to lead his country out of
decades of apartheid.
Here are some of his inspiring quotes:
>>“No one is born hating another person
because of the
colour of his skin, or his background, or his
religion.
People must learn to hate, and if they can
learn to hate,
they can be taught to love, for love comes
more naturally
to the human heart than its opposite.
>>“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere,
and
many of us will have to pass through the
valley of the
shadow of death again and again before we
reach the
mountaintop of our desires.
>>“Our struggle for freedom and justice was a
collective effort…it
is in your hands to create a better world for
all who live in it.
>>“Out of the experience of an extraordinary
human disaster that lasted too long, must
be born a society of which all humanity will be
proud.
>>“We understand it still that there is no easy
road to freedom. We know it well that none of
us acting alone can achieve success. We
must therefore act together as a united
people, for national reconciliation, for nation
building, for the birth of a new world.
>>“To deny people their human rights is to
challenge their
very humanity. To impose on them a wretched
life of hunger and deprivation is to
dehumanize them. But such has been the
terrible fate of all black persons in our country
under the system of apartheid.
>>“People may say to spend 27 years in prison
you have wasted your life. But the greatest
thing for a politician is whether the ideas to
which you’ve committed your life are still
alive, whether these ideas are likely to triumph
in the end, and everything that happened
showed that we have not sacrificed in vain.
>>“I came to accept that I have no right
whatsoever to
judge others in terms of my own customs,
however much I may be proud of such
customs.
>>“Only armchair politicians are immune from
committing
mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.
>>“Until I was jailed I never fully appreciated the
capacity of memory, the endless string of
information the head can carry.”
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