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

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances – 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

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

Without democracy there cannot be peace – Nelson Mandela