Nelson Mandela Quotes about War

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Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system of gross racial discrimination and inequality. It has systematically

Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system of gross racial discrimination and inequality. It has systematically incarcerated and tortured thousands of Palestinians, contrary to the rules of international law. It has, in particular, waged a war against a civilian population, in particular children.

Nelson Mandela

Children, War, Israel

We can't win a war, but we can win an election.

Nelson Mandela

War, Winning, Election

This must be a world of democracy and respect for human rights, a world freed from the horrors of poverty, hunger, deprivation and ignorance, relieved of the threat and the scourge of civil wars and external aggression and unburdened of the great tragedy of millions forced to become refugees.

Nelson Mandela

War, Ignorance, Rights

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

Nelson Mandela

Inspiring, Peace, War

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I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.

Nelson Mandela

Art, Military, War

Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.175, Heinemann

Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which the Nobel Peace Prize encapsulates. Let the strivings of us all, prove Martin Luther King Jr. to have been correct, when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war.

Nelson Mandela

Kings, Selfish, War

FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from Aug 28, 2013

HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a world war. Millions of people are dying from it.

Nelson Mandela

War, People, Dying

We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do. To claim this century the African Century is to declare war on AIDS.

Nelson Mandela

War, Leader, Political

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

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

Nelson Mandela

War, Malaria, World

"'In face of the threat posed by Aids we must rise above our differences and combine our efforts to save people'" by Sarah Boseley, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2000.

On the The AIDS Epidemic: This is a war. It has killed more people than has been the case in all previous wars and in all previous natural disasters ... We must not continue to be debating, to be arguing, when people are dying.

Nelson Mandela

War, Epidemics, Aids Epidemic

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Nelson Mandela

Peace, War, People

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