966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

It's in your hands to make the world a better place.

It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers.

No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

President Clinton, as well as the first lady, Hillary, they have the correct instincts on the major international questions facing the world today, ... For that reason, I hold him ... in high respect.

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompanies tragedy suffocate him.

When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.