Quote #53

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

More from Nelson Mandela

  1. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who c…
  2. No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but it…
  3. A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
  4. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
  5. Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the…
  6. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
  7. No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and …
  8. You may succeed in delaying, but never in preventing the transition of South Africa to a democracy.

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