Nelson Mandela Quotes about Violence

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When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.

When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.

Nelson Mandela

Differences, Opponents, Violence

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

Great anger and violence can never build a nation.

Nelson Mandela

Violence, Nations

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

No form of violence can ever be excused in a society that wishes to call itself decent

Nelson Mandela

Wish, Violence, Form

Twitter post from Sep 28, 2016

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

Nelson Mandela

Party, Overcoming, Violence

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.251, Pan Macmillan

I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it.

Nelson Mandela

Boxing, Violence, Enjoy

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.65, Pan Macmillan

I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved one's body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match.

Nelson Mandela

Boxing, Body, Violence

"Remembering Mandela, the Boxer" by Keegan Hamilton, grantland.com. December 6, 2013.

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.