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"Whatever My Wishes Might Be, I Cannot Bind
Future Generations To Remember Me In The
Particular Way I Would Like"
ONE DAY I WILL BE THE
FIRST BLACK
PRESIDENT OF SOUTH
AFRICA - 1952
“It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the
significance of the life we lead”
I have never regarded any man as my
superior, either in my life outside or inside
prison." - 12 July 1976. Letter
written to commissioner of prisons while on
Robben Island
I AM NOT LESS LIFE-LOVING THAN YOU ARE. BUT
I CANNOT SELL MY BIRTHRIGHT, NOR AM I PREPARED TO SELL THE BIRTHRIGHT OF THE
PEOPLE TO BE FREE." - FEBRUARY 1985.
"A society that does not value its older people denies its roots & endangers its future."
Only Armchair
Politicians Are
Immune From
Committing
Mistakes"
"Negotiation & Discussion Are The
Greatest Weapons We Have For
Promoting Peace & Development"
"When We Dehumanize & Demonize Our
Opponents, We Abandon The Possibility Of
Peacefully Resolving Our Differences"
"The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help
build the country of our dreams?"
"We need to know with a
fresh conviction that we all share a
common humanity and
that our diversity in the
world is the strength for our future"
"The Most Nimble Go On Ahead,
Whereupon The Others Follow, Not
Realizing That All
Along They Are Being Directed
From Behind"
"The Most
Powerful Weapon Is
Not Violence But It Is
Talking To People"
"The death of a human being, whatever may be his station in life, is always a sad and painful affair"