It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre, not the African people .... It was further argued that it is wrong and indefensible for a political Organization to repudiate…

Quote by Nelson Mandela

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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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...

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...

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person...

As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person...

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...

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my...

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my...

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...

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live...

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live...

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...

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A man does not become a...

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A man does not become a...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a...

The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a...

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

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....

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for...

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for...

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...

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself....

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

It doesn't take a genius to pump up the GNP [of a developing country] by...

It doesn't take a genius to pump up the GNP [of a developing country] by...