A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
NELSON MANDELAInformation is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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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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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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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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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children.
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There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires.
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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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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
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One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
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The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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