The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green light for government violence. Refusal to resort to force has been interpreted by the government as an invitat

Quote by Nelson Mandela

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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...

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...

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.

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter...

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter...

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...

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but...

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

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

It always seems impossible until its done.

It always seems impossible until its done.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience...

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience...

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...

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...

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...

Of all the observations I have made on the strike, none has brought forth so...

Of all the observations I have made on the strike, none has brought forth so...

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.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot...

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 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....

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in...

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in...

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

United we stand; divided we fall

United we stand; divided we fall