Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements – Nelson Mandela

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear – Nelson Mandela

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered – Nelson Mandela

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right – Nelson Mandela

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living – Nelson Mandela

Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom – Nelson Mandela