Quote #58

Any man that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

More from Nelson Mandela

  1. You may succeed in delaying, but never in preventing the transition of South Africa to a democracy.
  2. The victory of democracy in South Africa is the common achievement of all humanity.
  3. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
  4. The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
  5. There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
  6. Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.
  7. 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…
  8. I always knew that someday I would once again feel the grass under my feet and walk in the sunshine as a free man.

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