If 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.

Quote by Nelson Mandela

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There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly...

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly...

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their...

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their...

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your...

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your...

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent...

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure...

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure...

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to...

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to...

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I...

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I...

Lead from the back...and let others believe they are in front.

Lead from the back...and let others believe they are in front.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have...

It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have...

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have...

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have...

We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle...

We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle...

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life...

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life...

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead...

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead...

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to...

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to...

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which...

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which...

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from...

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from...