Nelson Mandela Quotes about Poverty

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Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all.

Let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete. Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is for freedom for all.

Nelson Mandela

Done, Poverty, Sickness

"Stars celebrate 90th birthday" by Damien Francis, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2008.

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.

Nelson Mandela

Meaningful, Suffering, Poverty

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.

Nelson Mandela

Poverty, True Freedom, Persist

Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world, news.bbc.co.uk. February 3, 2005.

There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship.

Nelson Mandela

True Friend, Littles, Poverty

Nelson Mandela (2008). “Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela”, p.74, Hachette UK