47 Quotes by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

I am a living symbol of the white man's fear. I never realized how deeply embedded this fear is until I came to Brandfort.

I identify... with the ideas that Malcolm X stood for.

I'm like thousands of women in South Africa who lost their men to cities and prisons... I stand defiant, tall and strong.

In the normal course of things, journalists want their story, and as soon as they are through with it, they pack their cameras and go. That was never the impression that David Astor gave when you were interviewed by him. It was far deeper than that.

I have a good relationship with Mandela. But I am not Mandela's product. I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy.

Nelson was locked up on Robben Island, and wives like me had been warned we would bring our husbands home as corpses from that place. But I always believed he would be released. It was my duty to have a home ready for us.

I wanted to be a doctor at some point, and I was always bringing home strays from school: people who were too poor to pay fees or have food. My parents never rebuked me or told me that they were hard-pressed, too.

We cannot pretend we do not have problems; we cannot pretend things are not wrong in our country. A lot of things are wrong.

The solution of this country's problems lies in black hands.