Nelson Mandela Quotes

Black power means Black dignity

I believe in Liberty for all men: the space to stretch their arms and their souls, the right to breathe and the right to vote, the freedom to choose their friends, enjoy the sunshine, and ride on the railroads, uncursed by color; thinking, dreaming, working as they will in a kingdom of beauty and love.

I am for Obama, all the way. I don't support Obama just because he is a black man; I support him because he is an educated black man. He is making black people proud.

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.

Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

I have said that in their right to "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness," as proclaimed in that old Declaration, the inferior races are our equals.

I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

Legal aid is central to righting wrongs and rectifying injustice.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.

The color of my skin should not determine whether I live or die.

We deserve a multiracial democracy that works for all of us.

My grandmother probably never thought she would see a day where, you know, a young black woman would be seen as a leader, which is incredible.

The entire legal system was built upon the assumption that people would have adequate representation. When they don't, the system fails, and the laws don't matter.

The goal - is the dignity of the black man in America. He wants respect as the human being. He wants recognition as a human being.

Legal aid... is fundamental to giving everybody in this country access to justice.

The Negro does not want love. He wants justice . . . I believe it would be better for the Negro's soul to be seared with hate than dwarfed by self-abasement.

Justice should be one of the things that's colorblind.

I think a big part of my faith teachings is to work together towards equality: that we're all created equal, and under the eyes of God, we all have a right to freedom and to access our rights equally.

Everybody has an equal right to be on this earth and to be happy on this earth and to achieve on this earth. That's kind of the way that I would like to try and go about living.

Aren't we all human? Don't we all deserve to be respected and treated equally?

Regardless of who you are, I believe that everybody in this country is entitled to justice.

During the worst days of apartheid, we turned to the church for hope and courage as we fought a righteous struggle for a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist, just, and prosperous South Africa.

When we address the disparities facing black people, we get a lot closer to a true democracy where all lives matter.