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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.

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.

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

I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Struggle, Yesterday
"President Nelson Mandela One-on-One". "The Larry King Live Show", transcripts.cnn.com. May 16, 2000.

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?

Nelson Mandela
Dream, Country, Helping
Twitter post from Feb 20, 2016

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Education, Country
Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. April 2001.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Atrocities Committed, America
Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.152, Simon and Schuster

Part of building a new nation means building a spirit of tolerance, love and respect amongst the people of this country.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Mean, People

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Running, Discipline

Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied their rights. At the same time, democracy also requires that the rights of political and other minorities be safeguarded.

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

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had the privilege of studying.

Nelson Mandela
Country, People, Citizens
Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. April 2001.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Country, President
"Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one language, who chose not one tribe, who chose all of humankind!

Nelson Mandela
Country, Race, News
Nelson Mandela's Speech at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference, db.nelsonmandela.org. April 3, 1994.

From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Moving, Keys

Today we are a nation at peace with itself, united in our diversity, not only proclaiming but living out the contention that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. We take our place amongst the nations of the world, confident and proud in being an African country.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Diversity, World

You have a limited time to stay on earth. You must try to use that period for the purpose of transforming your country into what you desire it to be: a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist country. And that is a great task.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Desire, Trying

I regard it as a duty which I owed, not just to my people, but also to my profession, to the practice of law, and to the justice for all mankind, to cry out against this discrimination which is essentially unjust and opposed to the whole basis of the attitude towards justice which is part of the tradition of legal training in this country. I believed that in taking up a stand against this injustice I was upholding the dignity of what should be an honorable profession.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Attitude, Justice For All

No single person can liberate a country. You can only liberate a country if you act as a collective.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Country, Single Person

It is necessary to heal the wounds of the past If you are going to build your country and to have unity. I am working with people who fought me very bitterly before the elections. It was my responsibility as the man who is leading the majority party, my responsibility to heal the wounds of the past and to work with people who were my opponents.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Party, Responsibility

I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. It was only when all else had failed, when all channels of peaceful protest had been barred to us, that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Struggle, Government
Nelson Mandela (1990). “One nation, one country”

We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Law, Century
Source: www.mott.org

The question of crime is one of concern to everybody. But the position is that the security forces in our country for the last four decades did not concentrate on suppressing crime. Their main objective was to suppress, to crush political activity. And in the process, crime grew to unacceptable proportions. And criminals were able to form powerful syndicates, and they virtually took over the control of the life of the community in certain areas.

Nelson Mandela
Crush, Country, Powerful

To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of huger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Country, Fate

Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Fighting, Long
Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.180, Heinemann

I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Effort, Future Business

Good men and women can be mobilized to ensure that South Africa is united and that the spirit of reconciliation is strengthened and that progress in this country takes place as fast as it can.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Men, Good Man
Source: www.mott.org

Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from their parents.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Children, Parent
Source: profitmagazin.com