Nelson Mandela Quotes About Decisions

Quotes about: Decisions

• 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.

  Nelson Mandela

  Past, Order, Choices

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.265, Pan Macmillan

• I learned to have the patience to listen when people put forward their views, even if I think those views are wrong. You can't reach a just decision in a dispute unless you listen to both sides.

  Nelson Mandela

  Thinking, Views, People

• The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.

  Nelson Mandela

  Mistake, Taken, Long

  "Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.

• I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. It was only when all else had failed, when all channels of peaceful protest had been barred to us, that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Struggle, Government

  Nelson Mandela (1990). “One nation, one country”

• History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks.

  Nelson Mandela

  Judging, Decision, Leader

  "Nelson Mandela on G8 Summit: 'Overcoming Poverty is Not a Gesture of Charity, it is an Act of Justice'". "Democracy Now!", www.democracynow.org. July 5, 2005.

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