Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people – Nelson Mandela

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed – Nelson Mandela

I have retired, but if there’s anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do – 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

Social equality is the only basis of human happiness – Nelson Mandela

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America – Nelson Mandela