Tag: Nelson Mandela
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A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.
Nelson Mandela
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After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one’s person.
Nelson Mandela
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Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla.
Nelson Mandela
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Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.
Nelson Mandela
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Nelson Mandela
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Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.
Nelson Mandela
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I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the moment I first glimpsed Winnie Nomzamo, I knew that I wanted to have her as my wife.
Nelson Mandela
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Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.
Nelson Mandela
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When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.
Nelson Mandela
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I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.
Nelson Mandela