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
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If the ANC does to you what the apartheid government did to you, then you must do to the ANC what you did to the apartheid government.
Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.
The importance of a high moral code, which is at the foundation of the Scout movement, cannot be stressed too highly.
Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.
An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy
My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.