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
I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A man does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards, but when I was notified that I had won the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Mr de Klerk, I was deeply moved. The Nobel Peace P
Today we stand at the grave of one of the greatest among that generation of great freedom fighters.
Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.
The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
The Liberty Bell is "a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world."
I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.
When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.
I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come.
Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.
I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.