Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandelawas a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congressparty from 1991 to 1997...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth18 July 1918
CityMvezo, South Africa
The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.
But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation, and fewer and fewer rights.
There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.
What he means by this is that instead of saying you'll "try", you need to "do". And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice can be perpetuated by the capacity to kill, or that disputes are necessarily best resolved by resort to violent means.
I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.
It's in your hands to make the world a better place.
I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him.
The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds
Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man
If you are stimulated by what you do, you never get tired
Let us give practical recognition to the injustices of the past,by building a future based on equality&social justice
With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet.
We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy.