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Nelson Mandela Quotes about Children

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Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

Success, Daughter, Children

FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Jan 11, 2017

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

Children, Character, Society

Twitter post from Sep 18, 2016

My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony.

Dream, Children, Men

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.

Children, Differences, Judging

Twitter post from Nov 20, 2015

Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives.

Life, Education, Children

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.129, Pan Macmillan

Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth, those who care for and protect our people.

Country, Children, Rocks

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.77, Pan Macmillan

Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system of gross racial discrimination and inequality. It has systematically incarcerated and tortured thousands of Palestinians, contrary to the rules of international law. It has, in particular, waged a war against a civilian population, in particular children.

Children, War, Israel

Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.

Children, Compassion, Safety

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

Children, World, Good Education

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.128, Pan Macmillan

Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.

Sweet, Children, Successful

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.77, Pan Macmillan

Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

Children, Brilliant, Exciting

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.117, Pan Macmillan

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.

Children, Greatest Treasure, Abuse

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

It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for: to live in a safe environment, to be able to work and provide for themselves, to have access to good public health and to have sound educational opportunities for their children.

Children, Educational, Opportunity

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.71, Pan Macmillan

No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

Children, World, Facts

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.128, Pan Macmillan

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

Education, Children, Fear

Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression... Our endeavors must be about the liberation of the woman, the emancipation of the man and the liberty of the child.

Children, Men, Liberty

"The ultimate male feminist? 5 things Nelson Mandela did for women" by Tara Kelly, www.cnn.com. December 8, 2013.

The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably women, children, the aged and disabled who suffer in these conflicts stands to the added shame of humankind.

Children, Humanity, Suffering

Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities, who rob our businesses and undermine our economy, who ply their destructive trade in drugs in our schools, and who do violence against our women and children.

Children, School, Long

As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many of our people are still without jobs, no South African should rest and wallow in the joy of freedom.

Jobs, Children, Long

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

The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the youth and the children who, by their thoughts and deeds, gave us the right to assert with pride that we are South Africans, that we are Africans, and that we are citizens of the world.

Daughter, Mother, Children

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.237, Pan Macmillan

We understand and promote the notion that while children need to be guided they also have an entrenched right to be whatever they want to be and that they can achieve this only if they are given the space to dream and live out their dreams.

Dream, Children, Space

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.79, Pan Macmillan

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Inspiring, Spiritual, Children

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2017

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Love, Laughter, Children

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Teach the children that Africans are not one iota inferior to Europeans.

Children, Teach, Inferiors

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.127, Pan Macmillan

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.

Children, Light, Wish

Born: July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
Occupation: Former President of South Africa

Quotes: 666

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