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You Sharpen Your Ideas By Reducing Yourself To The Level Of The People You Are With And A Sense Of Humour And A Complete Relaxation, Even When You're Discussing Serious Things, Does Help To Mobilise Friends Around You. And I Love That.

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You Sharpen Your Ideas

Nelson Mandela

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You Sharpen Your Ideas By Reducing Yourself To The Level Of The People You Are With And A Sense Of Humour And A Complete Relaxation, Even When You're Discussing Serious Things, Does Help To Mobilise Friends Around You. And I Love That.

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A Movement Without Vision Would Be A Movement Without Moral Foundation.

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It Is In The Character Of Growth That We Should Learn From Both Pleasant And Unpleasant Experiences.

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I Will Use The Rest Of My Life To Help The Poor Overcome The Problems Confronting Them - Poverty Is The Greatest Challenge Facing Humanity. That Is Why I Build Schools; I Want To Free People From Poverty And Illiteracy.

A Political Movement Must Keep In Touch With Reality And The Prevailing Conditions. Long Speeches, The Shaking Of Fists, The Banging Of Tables, And Strongly Worded Resolutions Out Of Touch With The Objective Conditions Do Not Bring About Mass Action And Can Do A Great Deal Of Harm To The Organization And The Struggle We Serve.

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Common Humanity

Whose Life Testifies To The Truth That There Is No Shame In Being Oppressed: Those Who Should Be Ashamed Are They Who Oppress Others.

I Came To Accept That I Have No Right Whatsoever To Judge Others In Terms Of My Own Customs, However Much I May Be Proud Of Such Customs.

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Extremists On All Sides Thrive, Fed By The Blood Lust Of Centuries Gone By.

I Was Made, By The Law, A Criminal, Not Because Of What I Had Done, But Because Of What I Stood For, Because Of What I Thought, Because Of My Conscience... If I Had My Time Over I Would Do The Same Again. So Would Any Man Who Dares Call Himself A Man.

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Future Business

I Pay Tribute To The Endless Heroism Of Youth.

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Continuously, We Have To Fight To Defeat The Primitive Tendency Towards The Glorification Of Arms, The Adulation Of Force, Born Of The Illusion That Injustice Can Be Perpetuated By The Capacity To Kill, Or That Disputes Are Necessarily Best Resolved By Resort To Violent Means.

Part Of Building A New Nation Means Building A Spirit Of Tolerance, Love And Respect Amongst The People Of This Country.

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We Are Extricating Ourselves From A System That Insulted Our Common Humanity By Dividing Us From One Another On The Basis Of Race And Setting Us Against Each Other As Oppressed And Oppressor. That System Committed A Crime Against Humanity.

Common Humanity

If You Want To Preach A Revolutionary Message, Wear A Suit.

Regarding African Education In This Country, There Was A Time When The Government Took No Interest Whatsoever In African Education. It Was The Churches, That Part Of Civil Society, Which Bought Land, Built Schools, And Employed And Paid Teachers. People Like Myself, Right From Grade Eight Up To University, I Was In Missionary Schools.

A Good Head And A Good Heart Are Always A Formidable Combination.

Nonviolence Is A Good Policy When The Conditions Permit.

I Went As An Observer, Not A Participant, For I Do Not Think That I Ever Spoke. I Wanted To Understand The Issues Under Discussion, Evaluate The Arguments, See The Calibre Of The Men Involved.

Thinking Too Well Of People Often Allows Them To Be Better Than They Otherwise Would.

I Detest Racialism, Because I Regard It As A Barbaric Thing, Whether It Comes From A Black Man Or A White Man.

In My Younger Days, I Was Arrogant - Jail Helped Me To Get Rid Of It. I Did Nothing But Make Enemies Because Of My Arrogance.

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Hunger And Poverty

Force Is The Only Language The Imperialists Can Hear, And No Country Became Free Without Some Sort Of Violence.

We Shall Immunize Every Child In Africa To Get Rid Of This Terrible Disease Forever.

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.

Freedom Would Be Meaningless Without Security In The Home And In The Streets.

I Hate Racial Discrimination Most Intensely And All Its Manifestations. I Have Fought All My Life; I Fight Now, And Will Do So Until The End Of My Days. Even Although I Now Happen To Be Tried By One, Whose Opinion I Hold In High Esteem, I Detest Most Violently The Set-up That Surrounds Me Here. It Makes Me Feel That I Am A Black Man In A White Man's Court. This Should Not Be I Should Feel Perfectly At Ease And At Home With The Assurance That I Am Being Tried By A Fellow South African, Who Does Not Regard Me As An Inferior, Entitled To A Special Type Of Justice.

You Sharpen Your Ideas By Reducing Yourself To The Level Of The People You Are With And A Sense Of Humour And A Complete Relaxation, Even When You're Discussing Serious Things, Does Help To Mobilise Friends Around You. And I Love That.

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Forgiveness Liberates The Soul. It Removes Fear. That Is Why It Is Such A Powerful Weapon.

Strong Convictions Are The Secret Of Surviving Deprivation; Your Spirit Can Be Full Even When Your Stomach Is Empty.

Man's Goodness Is A Flame That Can Be Hidden But Never Extinguished

There Can Be No Greater Gift Than That Of Giving One’s Time And Energy To Help Others Without Expecting Anything In Return.

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