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.
Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.
We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation
No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.
Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.
There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
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