• Government and Politics

  By ancestry, I was born to rule.

  4.6 · 62 votes · 41 reads

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• Virtues

  Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

  4.6 · 31 votes · 156 reads

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  Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

  3.6 · 57 votes · 87 reads

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• Art and Culture

  Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

  3.1 · 41 votes · 177 reads

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• Nature

  Even if you have a terminal disease, you don't have to sit down and mope. Enjoy life and challenge the illness that you have.

  3.1 · 44 votes · 120 reads

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• Society

  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.

  4.8 · 10 votes · 96 reads

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• Feelings

  Forget the past.

  3.2 · 25 votes · 53 reads

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• Society

  Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

  4.1 · 24 votes · 13 reads

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• Society

  I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

  3.4 · 39 votes · 190 reads

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• Countries

  I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.

  4.4 · 34 votes · 64 reads

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• Countries

  I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, e

  3.6 · 40 votes · 121 reads

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• Society

  I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

  4.0 · 21 votes · 58 reads

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• Government and Politics

  I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

  3.0 · 31 votes · 68 reads

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• Society

  I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

  4.1 · 41 votes · 156 reads

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• Society

  I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

  3.6 · 11 votes · 105 reads

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• Virtues

  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.

  3.4 · 55 votes · 143 reads

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• Society

  I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

  3.5 · 48 votes · 70 reads

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• Society

  I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.

  3.9 · 21 votes · 183 reads

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• Government and Politics

  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.

  4.9 · 25 votes · 122 reads

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• Various

  I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.

  4.3 · 51 votes · 172 reads

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  I was first imprisoned in Pretoria, and then, thereafter, I was taken to Robben Island. I stayed there for a couple of weeks. I was taken back to Pretoria when I was charged in the Rivonia trial, when I was then sent to Robben Island for life.

  3.6 · 36 votes · 145 reads

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• Government and Politics

  I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

  3.7 · 25 votes · 138 reads

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• Nature

  I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

  3.1 · 58 votes · 34 reads

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• Government and Politics

  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.

  3.4 · 38 votes · 16 reads

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• Society

  If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

  3.4 · 55 votes · 80 reads

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  If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.

  4.3 · 62 votes · 163 reads

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• Thought and Reason

  If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

  4.5 · 44 votes · 113 reads

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• Society

  If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

  4.2 · 25 votes · 44 reads

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• Government and Politics

  In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

  4.2 · 6 votes · 36 reads

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  In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

  3.3 · 50 votes · 98 reads

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• Society

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

  4.6 · 11 votes · 24 reads

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• Feelings

  It always seems impossible until its done.

  4.5 · 48 votes · 101 reads

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• Government and Politics

  It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

  3.0 · 53 votes · 63 reads

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• Various

  It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

  5.0 · 25 votes · 80 reads

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• Nature

  Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

  3.6 · 41 votes · 5 reads

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• Society

  Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

  4.7 · 50 votes · 23 reads

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• Society

  Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

  4.7 · 8 votes · 46 reads

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• Society

  Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

  4.1 · 54 votes · 156 reads

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• Art and Culture

  No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

  4.6 · 40 votes · 112 reads

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• Defects

  Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

  3.7 · 39 votes · 11 reads

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