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There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'

Nelson Mandela
Country, Lying, Men
"Nelson Mandela quotes: 'Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people'", www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2013.

I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries. The greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Lying, Team
"Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and father of modern South Africa, dies" by Faith Karimi, www.cnn.com. December 5, 2013.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

Nelson Mandela
Inspiring, Country, Blood
"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment to bringing about an end to global poverty.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Commitment, Justice

The message of reconciliation, of nation-building, of granting amnesty, indemnity, has struck a powerful, favorable chord. And people can understand that we're here not for purposes of retribution but to forget the past and to build our country.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Powerful, Past

There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. Some of them are not known even in their own countries, but when you come across them you are very impressed. Those are heroes or heroines we must never forget. Because of their service to society, you can't really help but admire them.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Hero, Men
Source: www.rd.com

Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if he doesn't follow the policy of the government - though he himself does not believe in that policy.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Believe, Government
Source: profitmagazin.com

Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.

Nelson Mandela
Country, People, Challenges

It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic young people ... I feel like a recharged battery, confident that our country can look forward to great things.

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

If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and will lead to the slaughtering of innocent people - including his own people.

Nelson Mandela
Country, People, Down And
Source: profitmagazin.com

The United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid of a veto in the Security Council, you can go outside and take action and violate the sovereignty of other countries. That is the message they are sending to the world. That must be condemned in the strongest terms.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Iraq, America
"Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Community, Attention

We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Black And White, Government
Nelson Mandela (1978). “The struggle is my life”

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings.... What I am condemning is that one power, with a president [George W. Bush] who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Thinking, America
"Mandela: U.S. wants holocaust", www.cnn.com. January 30, 2003.

Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Children, Play
"Who Is Nelson Mandela? A Reader's Digest Exclusive Interview". Interview with Caitlin O'Connell, www.rd.com. 2005.

Force is the only language the imperialists can hear, and no country became free without some sort of violence.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Violence, Language
"The Sacred Warrior" by Nelson Mandela, content.time.com. December 31, 1999.

Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people. That is why it is so important that the FIFA World Cup will, for the first time ever, be hosted on the African continent in 2010. We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa has been given this singular honour of being the African host country.

Nelson Mandela
Soccer, Sports, Country

Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.

Nelson Mandela
Beautiful, Country, Rainbow
Presidential Inaugural Speech, delivered 10 May 1994, Pretoria, South Africa

Regarding African education in this country, there was a time when the government took no interest whatsoever in African education. It was the churches, that part of civil society, which bought land, built schools, and employed and paid teachers. People like myself, right from grade eight up to university, I was in missionary schools.

Nelson Mandela
Country, Teacher, School
Source: www.mott.org