"Whatever My Wishes Might Be, I Cannot Bind

Future Generations To Remember Me In The

Particular Way I Would Like"

ONE DAY I WILL BE THE

FIRST BLACK

PRESIDENT OF SOUTH

AFRICA - 1952

“It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the

significance of the life we lead”

I have never regarded any man as my

superior, either in my life outside or inside

prison." - 12 July 1976. Letter

written to commissioner of prisons while on

Robben Island

I AM NOT LESS LIFE-LOVING THAN YOU ARE. BUT

I CANNOT SELL MY BIRTHRIGHT, NOR AM I PREPARED TO SELL THE BIRTHRIGHT OF THE

PEOPLE TO BE FREE." - FEBRUARY 1985.

"A society that does not value its older people denies its roots & endangers its future."

Only Armchair

Politicians Are

Immune From

Committing

Mistakes"

"Negotiation & Discussion Are The

Greatest Weapons We Have For

Promoting Peace & Development"

"When We Dehumanize & Demonize Our

Opponents, We Abandon The Possibility Of

Peacefully Resolving Our Differences"

"The call now is for each of us to ask ourselves: are we doing all we can to help

build the country of our dreams?"

"We need to know with a

fresh conviction that we all share a

common humanity and

that our diversity in the

world is the strength for our future"

"The Most Nimble Go On Ahead,

Whereupon The Others Follow, Not

Realizing That All

Along They Are Being Directed

From Behind"

"The Most

Powerful Weapon Is

Not Violence But It Is

Talking To People"

"The death of a human being, whatever may be his station in life, is always a sad and painful affair"