Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future – 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

Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual – Nelson Mandela

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people – Nelson Mandela

When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace – Nelson Mandela

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world – Nelson Mandela