Nelson Mandela Quotes About Prisons

Quotes about: Prisons

• For every woman and girl violently attacked, we reduce our humanity. For every woman forced into unprotected sex because men demand this, we destroy dignity and pride. Every woman who has to sell her life for sex we condemn to a lifetime in prison. For every moment we remain silent, we conspire against our women. For every woman infected by HIV, we destroy a generation.

  Nelson Mandela

  Girl, Sex, Pride

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from May 11, 2017

• Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon

  Nelson Mandela

  Wall, Clouds, Blue

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.297, Pan Macmillan

• I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Jail, Prison

  Twitter post from Mar 04, 2017

• As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Acceptance

  "A white South African's memories of Mandela" by Nadia Bilchik, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2013.

• 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.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Inspiration, Compassion

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

• In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspiring, Country, President

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

• In prison, illusions can offer comfort.

  Nelson Mandela

  Comfort, Prison, Illusion

  Nelson Mandela (2009). “Long Walk To Freedom Vol 2: 1962-1994”, p.182, Hachette UK

• When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than when I went in. And the more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.

  Nelson Mandela

  Men, Thinking, Wrath

• When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.

  Nelson Mandela

  Happiness, Hate, People

• To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

  Nelson Mandela

  Believe, Men, Suffering

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

• Individuals get caught up in the policy of their country. In prison, for instance, a warden or officer is not promoted if he doesn't follow the policy of the government - though he himself does not believe in that policy.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Believe, Government

  Source: profitmagazin.com

• Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

  Nelson Mandela

  Perseverance, Commitment, Needs

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.37, Simon and Schuster

• A garden was one of the few thing in prison that one could control. To plant a seed, watch it grow, to tend it then harvest it, offered a simple but enduring satisfaction. The sense of being the custodian of this small patch of earth offered a taste of freedom.

  Nelson Mandela

  Simple, Garden, Custodians

  Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.312, Hachette UK

• In many respects, people on the outside suffered more than those of us in jail. In prison, we ate three times a day, we had clothing, we had free medical services, and we could sleep for 12 hours.

  Nelson Mandela

  Sleep, Jail, People

  Source: profitmagazin.com

• I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything.

  Nelson Mandela

  Dream, Play, Mind

  Nelson Mandela (2013). “Long Walk To Freedom”, p.264, Hachette UK

• I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.

  Nelson Mandela

  Hunger Strike, Prison, Oppression

• When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.

  Nelson Mandela

  Prison, Missions, Long Walk To Freedom

  "Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

• One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was that I had so little opportunity for reading, thinking and quiet reflection after my release. I intend, amongst other things, to give myself much more opportunity for such reading and reflection.

  Nelson Mandela

  Reading, Reflection, Opportunity

  "Nelson Mandela's five most memorable speeches". www.firstpost.com. December 6, 2013.

• I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think. As I worked, physical and mental fatigue set in and I was unable to operate to the maximum of my intellectual ability. But in a single cell in prison, I had time to think. I had a clear view of my past and present, and I found that my past left much to be desired, both in regard to my relations with other humans and in developing personal worth.

  Nelson Mandela

  Past, Thinking, Views

  Source: profitmagazin.com

• I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because there is no time to do anything else except to try and save your people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Revenge, People, Trying

• Our people outside of prison used my name to mobilize the community locally and internationally. But for me to be treated separately from my colleagues, who had contributed as much as and even more than I had, would have been a betrayal of them.

  Nelson Mandela

  Betrayal, Names, People

  Source: profitmagazin.com

• I cherish my own freedom dearly, but I care even more for your freedom. Too many have died since I went to prison. Too many have suffered for the love of freedom. I owe it to their widows, to their orphans, to their mothers and their fathers, who have grieved and wept for them ..... Not only have I suffered during these long lonely wasted years. I am no less life-loving than you are. But I cannot sell the birthright of the people to be free ....... Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

  Nelson Mandela

  Mother, Lonely, Father

  Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers

• Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

  Nelson Mandela

  Years, Soul, Prison Life

• My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.

  Nelson Mandela

  Teaching, Fighting, White

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