You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
NELSON MANDELAThere is no future without forgiveness.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.
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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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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.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.
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Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.
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The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
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Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.
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Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
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Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.
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The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
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The time is always right to do right.
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