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

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all – Nelson Mandela

We are fighting for a society where people will cease thinking in terms of colour

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated – Nelson Mandela

If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don’t ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers – Nelson Mandela

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment? – Nelson Mandela