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If We Do Not Do Something To Prevent It, Africa's Animals, And The Places In Which They Live, Will Be Lost To Our World, And Her Children, Forever. Before It Is Too Late, We Need Your Help To Lay The Foundation That Will Preserve This Precious Legacy Long After We Are Gone.

-Nelson Mandela

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If We Do Not Do Something To Prevent It, Africa's Animals, And The Places In Which They Live, Will Be Lost To Our World, And Her Children, Forever. Before It Is Too Late, We Need Your Help To Lay The Foundation That Will Preserve This Precious Legacy Long After We Are Gone.

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After Climbing A Great Hill, One Only Finds That There Are Many More Hills To Climb. I Can Rest Only For A Moment, For With Freedom Come Responsibilities, And I Dare Not Linger, For My Long Walk Is Not Yet Ended.

When We Dehumanise And Demonise Our Opponents, We Abandon The Possibility Of Peacefully Resolving Our Differences, And Seek To Justify Violence Against Them.

Politics Can Be Strengthened By Music, But Music Has A Potency That Defies Politics.

Racism Is A Blight On The Human Conscience. The Idea That Any People Can Be Inferior To Another, To The Point Where Those Who Consider Themselves Superior Define And Treat The Rest As Subhuman, Denies The Humanity Even Of Those Who Elevate Themselves To The Status Of Gods.

Whatever Position I Occupied, It Was The Result Of Colleagues - Of My Comrades In The Movement - Who Had Decided In Their Wisdom To Use Me For The Purpose Of Focusing The Attention Of The Country And The International Community On Me.

When Those In Power Deny You Of Freedom The Only Path To Freedom Is Power

We Must Work Together To Ensure The Equitable Distribution Of Wealth, Opportunity And Power In Our Society.

Working Together

Distribution Of Wealth

It Is What We Make Out Of What We Have, Not What We Are Given, That Separates One Person From Another.

Self Actualization

If You Look At Those Matters, You Will Come To The Conclusion That The Attitude Of The United States Of America Is A Threat To World Peace.

Poverty Is Not Natural; It Is Man-made

That Was One Of The Things That Worried Me – To Be Raised To The Position Of A Semi-god – Because Then You Are No Longer A Human Being. I Wanted To Be Known As Mandela, A Man With Weaknesses, Some Of Which Are Fundamental, And A Man Who Is Committed, But Never The Less, Sometimes He Fails To Live Up To Expectations.

A Real Leader Uses Every Issue, No Matter How Serious And Sensitive, To Ensure That At The End Of The Debate We Should Emerge Stronger And More United Than Ever Before.

I Stand Here Before You Not As A Prophet, But As A Humble Servant Of You, The People.

I'm Not Going To Sit Here And Argue With You. Just Put The Bloody Meter On.

We Should Take Heart From Our Own Experience And Performance. In A Cynical World We Have Become An Inspiration To Many.

A New Society Cannot Be Created By Reproducing The Repugnant Past, However Refined Or Enticingly Repackaged.

The Impression That You Are A Demigod Worried Me. I Wanted To Be Like An Ordinary Human Being With Virtues And Vices.

Only 50 Years Ago Persons With Intellectual Disabilities Were Scorned, Isolated And Neglected. Today, They Are Able To Attend School, Become Employed And Assimilate Into Their Local Community.

It Is Not Where You Start But How High You Aim That Matters For Success.

It Is Not Beyond Our Power To Create A World In Which All Children Have Access To A Good Education.

Freedom Alone Is Not Enough Without Light To Read At Night, Without Time Or Access To Water To Irrigate Your Farm, Without The Ability To Catch Fish To Feed Your Family.

I Would Like To Be Remembered Not As Anyone Unique Or Special, But As Part Of A Great Team In This Country That Has Struggled For Many Years, For Decades And Even Centuries. The Greatest Glory Of Living Lies Not In Never Falling, But In Rising Every Time You Fall.

In Countries Where Innocent People Are Dying, The Leaders Are Following Their Blood Rather Than Their Brains.

No One Is Born Hating Another Person Because Of The Color Of His Skin, Or His Background, Or His Religion. People Must Learn To Hate, And If They Can Learn To Hate, They Can Be Taught To Love, For Love Comes More Naturally To The Human Heart Than Its Opposite.

Those Who Can't Imagine Change Reveal The Deficits Of Their Imaginations, Not The Difficulty Of Change.

Overcoming Poverty Is Not A Gesture Of Charity. It Is An Act Of Justice.

Hunger And Poverty

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