~ Nelson Mandela Quotes ~

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Nelson Mandela Quotes


President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation.

Here are some famous quotes by Nelson Mandela.

The people are their own liberators.

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For me survival is the ability to cope with difficulties with circumstances and to overcome them.

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I detest racialism because I regard it as a barbaric thing whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

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We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us it's in everyone.

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The whole purpose of a husband and wife is that when hard times knock at the door you should be able to embrace each other.

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If the United States of America or Britain is having elections they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections they want observers.