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
We must find ways and means to make lifesaving treatment available to all who need it.
I say to all those leaders: Do not look the other way, do not hesitate ... It is within your power to prevent a genocide.
The histories of our two peoples, Palestinian and South African, correspond in such painful and poignant ways, that I intensely feel myself being at home amongst compatriots
In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.
It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.
Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters' roll in a united, democratic and non-racial South Africa is the only way to peace and racial harmony.
Let us give publicity to HIV/AIDS and not hide it, because [that is] the only way to make it appear like a normal illness
An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy
the histories of our two peoples correspond in such painful and poignant ways that I intensely feel myself at home amongst my compatriots.
Even if I go to my grave I will wake up and come and vote. One of the manifestations of pride (in your country) is to vote for your country, and I am very happy for it.
said Nic Buchanan, the creator of the comic books. ''They don't know their own history. We celebrated democracy and the miracle, but the building stones of a progressive and enlightened society needs work.
President Clinton, as well as the first lady, Hillary, they have the correct instincts on the major international questions facing the world today, ... For that reason, I hold him ... in high respect.
reaching the end of a long and heroic struggle.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we arepowerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be? ...an excerpt from "A Return To Love", a book by motivational speaker and author Marianne Williamson