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
There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems are such that for anybody with a conscience who can use whatever influence he may have to try to bring about peace, it's difficult to say no.
When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?
The cause of Communism is the greatest cause in the history of mankind!
I am the captain of my soul.
The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us.
Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.
Freedom would be meaningless without security in the home and in the streets.
Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.
A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.
People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself.
Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate