If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner – 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

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

Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another – Nelson Mandela

For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others – Nelson Mandela

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake – Nelson Mandela