Nelson Mandela Quotes

We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.

We came to Iraq to liberate them and to make our world a safer place.

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

The new era which is dawning in our country, beneath the great southern stars, will lift us out of the silent grief of our past and into a future in which there will be opportunity and space for joy and beauty-for real and lasting peace.

Yes, Ethiopia yet shall stretch Her bleeding hands abroad; Her crying agony has reached The burning throne of God. Redeemed from dust and free from chains Her sons shall lift their eyes; From cloud capped hills and verdant plains Shall shouts of triumph rise

… you can have peace at the barrel of a gun, but unless you have peace with justice and self-determination, and allow people to exist in a way where they feel they have had justice done, they can determine their own future, you will never have a just situation, you will never have peace.

We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign.

The future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.

We say no to the peace that keeps us on our knees, no to the peace that keeps us in chains, no to the false peace that denies the values and contributions of our peoples.

Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free.

The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help.

The supreme need of the world is peace and good will among men. It must be peace founded upon justice and fairness, the righting of past wrong, and the securing of the future as far as possible against the evils of the past.

Palestinian people are in love with life.

I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag.

We will not fail your expectations of us as a new nation dedicated to peace, democracy, and freedom.

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

We can't allow any war for imperialism or greed to be fought in our names. This is what we need to keep fighting for.

To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters.

One of the most important functions of jazz has been to encourage a hope for freedom, for people living in situations of intolerance or struggle.

In order to establish peace, you must have fair justice for everyone.

Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.

We should be proud of liberating the 26 million people in Iraq and should remember that this is why it is important to stick it out to it's successful conclusion.