966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.

The New Year will bring many changes, ... They will depend on our working together to realize our dream.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.

I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for me.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection.

Then we'd get behind them and drive them up a valley. Then we'd stab a pig, it would cry, and then we'd roast it and eat it.