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A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

Nelson Mandela
Past, Society, Refined
Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.265, Pan Macmillan

It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism

Nelson Mandela
Errors, Leader, Criticism
Twitter post from Apr 06, 2017

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

Nelson Mandela
Leadership, Mistake, Politics
"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

Nelson Mandela
Survival, Overcoming, Circumstances
Nelson Mandela (1998). “In the Words of Nelson Mandela”, Birch Lane Press

Other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them.

Nelson Mandela
People, Quality, May
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Hope is a powerful weapon, and (one) no one power on earth can deprive you of.

Nelson Mandela
Powerful, Earth, Weapons
Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.

Nelson Mandela
Our World, Hands, Suffering
Nelson Mandela's Speech at his Birthday dinner in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, db.nelsonmandela.org. June 25, 2008.

Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation.

Nelson Mandela
Children, Greatest Treasure, Abuse
Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.78, Pan Macmillan

The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.

Nelson Mandela
Doctors, Painful, Treated
Nelson Mandela (1998). “In the Words of Nelson Mandela”, Birch Lane Press

Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Long, Humanity
Presidential Inaugural Address, 10 May 1994

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

Nelson Mandela
Wisdom, Opportunity, Equality
Statement at trial, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 Apr. 1964

I was not born with a hunger to be free, I was born free.

Nelson Mandela
Hunger, Born, Born Free
Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.158, Pan Macmillan

We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Palestine, Apartheid
Twitter post from Nov 29, 2015

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.

Nelson Mandela
Inspirational, Inspiring, Mean
Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers

Sport has the power to overcome old divisions and create the bond of common aspirations

Nelson Mandela
Sports, Overcoming, Division
Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.378, Pan Macmillan

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Stupid, Water
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

If I am your leader, you have to listen to me & if you don’t want to listen to me, then drop me as your leader

Nelson Mandela
Leader, Want, Listen To Me
Twitter post from Apr 02, 2017

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Peace, War
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Beautiful, Hair
Presidential Inaugural Address, 10 May 1994

Our efforts to counter hatred, intolerance, and indifference must continue simultaneously at individual and structural levels. We must try to influence for good the minds and hearts of individual people through dialogue and confidence building. These efforts must be reinforced by our efforts to create just structures in society to support the ongoing work of negotiations in the human community. Only then will we have a chance to negate the terrible consequences of the tremendous conflicts facing humankind today.

Nelson Mandela
Heart, People, Support

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Nelson Mandela
Equality, Men, White Man
Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.321, Pan Macmillan

Those who can't imagine change reveal the deficits of their imaginations, not the difficulty of change.

Nelson Mandela
Imagination, Imagine, Difficulty

A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them.

Nelson Mandela
Roots, Long, People
Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.131, Pan Macmillan

A movement without vision would be a movement without moral foundation.

Nelson Mandela
Vision, Foundation, Would Be
Twitter post from Nov 24, 2016

There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated, even when you humiliate him rightly.

Nelson Mandela
Dangerous, Humiliated, Has Beens
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