"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.
~ Nelson Mandela ~












More Nelson Mandela quotes
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"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African pr...
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"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.
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"When the women begin to take an active part in the struggle, no power on earth can stop us from achieving freedom in our lifetime.
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances freedom to others. But I have discovered the se...
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"It is not my ambition to marry a white woman or swim in a white pool. It is political equality that we want.
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