Nelson Mandela Quotes about Racism

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Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even

Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.

Nelson Mandela

Ideas, Racism, People

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.323, Pan Macmillan

Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.

Nelson Mandela

Color, Racism, Political

"Nelson Mandela’s Epitaph, in His Own Words" by Dave Gilson, www.motherjones.com. December 5, 2013.

Racism is a blight on the human conscience

Nelson Mandela

Racism, Blight, Humans

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.323, Pan Macmillan

We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want.

Nelson Mandela

War, Rights, Racism

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.166, Simon and Schuster