Quotes by Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela figures as a prominent name among the world's great living legends. His contributions were not limited to his nation alone. Nelson Mandela fought for against racial discrimination, a malady that ails developed nations as well as developing nations. These quotes by Nelson Mandela recharge us to take up cudgels against racial prejudice.

• True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.
  
  
• Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
  
  
• Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world.
  
  
• Extremists on all sides thrive, fed by the blood lust of centuries gone by.
  
  
• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
  
  
• There is no such thing as part freedom.
  
  
• For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
  
  
• A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
  
  
• As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
  
  
• If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
  
  
• I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.
  
  
• We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
  
  
• When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
  
  
• I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
  
  
• I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
  
  
• In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
  
  
• Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
  
  
• I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.