Nelson Mandela

I am prepared to die.

We must strive to live together in peace and harmony.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

Long Walk to Freedom is not a book; it is a pilgrimage.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried to not falter; I have made mistakes along the way. But with all of that, I have arrived at this point, and I stand before you as a humble servant of you, the people.

The purpose of studying history is to make certain that we do not make the same mistakes again.

The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.

I am not an expert on anything.

I have always regarded myself as a man of the people, and I have always tried to live up to that ideal.

The education of children is a matter of paramount importance.

The greatest weapon against injustice is education.

If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.

The nationalisation of the mines, banks, and monopoly industries is the policy of the ANC, and a change or modification of our views in this regard is inconceivable.