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
Today the majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organizatio
It's a tragedy what is happening, what Bush is doing. All Bush wants is Iraqi oil. There is no doubt that the U.S. is behaving badly. Why are they not seeking to confiscate weapons of mass destruction from their ally Israel? This is just an excuse to get Iraq's oil.
It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.
What I am condemning is that one power, with a president who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.
Where poverty exists, there is not true freedom, ... The world is hungry for action, not words. I am proud to wear the symbol of this global cause to action.
Where is your bat? ... You're a handsome young chap you know.
With the rest of the world, we mourned the loss of one who became a citizen of the world through her care for people everywhere.
This project is going to bring some change to the lives of the community here,
It doesn't do any good to say I won't forgive her, because my child's already gone.
It is one of the most powerful instruments to bring about a united nation, and it also says, let us forget the past. Let us think of the present and future,
It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have consistently followed a policy of non-violence. They have conducted themselves peaceably at all times, regardless of government attacks and persecutions u
It is a realization of a dream for me to be here to come and pledge my solidarity with my friend Yasser Arafat,
It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Our morality does not allow us to desert our friends,