For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
NELSON MANDELAOur fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.
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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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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice.
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The time is always right to do right.
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You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.
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The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.
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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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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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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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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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Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.
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