Nelson Mandela Quote

Source/Notes: As quoted in the article "Mandela bears message of peace in first visit to Israel" by Suzanne Belling, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, October 22, 1999

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“I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.”

- Nelson Mandela

Source/Notes: Long Walk to Freedom (1995)

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“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.”

- Nelson Mandela

Source/Notes: National Geographic, Volume 200, Issues 2-6, National Geographic Society, 2001

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“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.”

- Nelson Mandela

Source/Notes: As quoted in: National Geographic, Volume 200 (2001)

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“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.”

- Nelson Mandela

Source/Notes: Long Walk to Freedom (1995)

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“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.”

- Nelson Mandela

Source/Notes: As quoted in: National Geographic, Volume 200, National Geographic Society, 2001

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“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.”

- Nelson Mandela

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“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.”

- Nelson Mandela

Source/Notes: Explaining why he learned Afrikaans, the language of his prison guards in South Africa. - At home in the world: the Peace Corps story, Peace Corps, 1996 - ISBN: 9780964447219

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Nelson Mandela Quote

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