Nelson Mandela Quotes
A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor.At a point, one can only fight fire with fire
Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Little, Brown and Company, 1994, p. 122.
This was the group that decided who was to be executed in the Reign of Terror
Stalin did not want any political opposition with its own militia. American gun control opponents often cite this quotation to show that in Russia, Stalin achieved dictatorial power by disarming the population in general and only allowing government officials to have guns. They argue that even Stalin could not have tyrannized the entire Soviet Union if every citizen had the right to bear arms as provided for by the Second Amendment.
The force used by the British in Massachusetts backfired in that after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, each of the colonies held meetings and most were not only supportive of resistance but as in this case, advocated violent resistance. The Revolution was on.
See Thomas Jefferson: {605051} for a somewhat similar notion.
the new nation of South Sudan The President was under indictment as a war criminal by the international Court in the Hague. He had difficulty understanding any other language that of the gun.
Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
