Nelson Mandela Quotes About Authority

Quotes about: Authority

• My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.

  Nelson Mandela

  Respect, Men, Color

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.139, Pan Macmillan

• How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.

  Nelson Mandela

  Believe, Government, Years

• We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:
  That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Black And White, Government

  Nelson Mandela (1978). “The struggle is my life”

• The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.

  Nelson Mandela

  Authority, Long Walk To Freedom, Balanced

  Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.250, Hachette UK

• I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by the authorities because the spirit in which we encourage people to give has permeated our society.

  Nelson Mandela

  People, Giving, Charity

  Source: www.mott.org

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