Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandelawas a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congressparty from 1991 to 1997...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth18 July 1918
CityMvezo, South Africa
Your collective wisdom and support was not lost on FIFA.
President Clinton, as well as the first lady, Hillary, they have the correct instincts on the major international questions facing the world today, ... For that reason, I hold him ... in high respect.
The Free State Landscape gladdens my heart, no matter what my mood. When I am here I feel that nothing can shut me in and that my thoughts can roam as far as the horizons.
I asked for you but they told me you didn't want to see me,
The New Year will bring many changes, ... They will depend on our working together to realize our dream.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we arepowerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?Actually, who are you not to be? ...an excerpt from "A Return To Love", a book by motivational speaker and author Marianne Williamson
The international community ... also made an important contribution to this struggle, ... not least through the imposition of economic and other sanctions.
South Africa is moving in the right direction, ... We should have confidence that there are great days ahead.
I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.
One of the few advantages of prison life is that one has time to read. This opened our minds and forced us to re-examine some of our views.
I am accusing the truth commission of being abused and not performing the task which it was supposed to perform,
One of the few advantages of prison is that you have time to read and time for reflection, ... If the comic reaches new readers, then the project will have been worthwhile.
No stone will be left unturned to establish fully what the causes were and where responsibility lies,
I told the relatives that he would go to a country trusted by Britain and the United States to serve his full sentence, and the length of the sentence would be determined by the Scottish authorities,