Nelson Mandela Quotes about Democracy

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It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish

It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.

Nelson Mandela

Ethnicity, Diversity, Democracy

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.109, Pan Macmillan

An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy

Nelson Mandela

Democracy, Population, Way

Twitter post from Nov 10, 2016

A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.

Nelson Mandela

Democracy, Pillars, Free Press

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

Greece is the mother of democracy and South Africa is its youngest daughter

Nelson Mandela

Daughter, Mother, Democracy

I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.

Nelson Mandela

Names, Democracy

Rally Address Following Release From Pollsmoor Prison, delivered 11 February 1990, Cape Town, South Africa

We must nurture tolerance, collective wisdom, and democracy.

Nelson Mandela

Tolerance, Democracy, Nurture

There was much in such a society that was primitive and insecure and it certainly could never measure up to the demands of the present epoch. But in such a society are contained the seeds of revolutionary democracy in which none will be held in slavery.

Nelson Mandela

Insecure, Democracy, Demand

Nelson Mandela, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid (1982). “I have done my duty to my people and to South Africa: statement from the dock, 7 November 1962”