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19 minnen av Nelson Mandela: 

We can’t afford to be killing one another. 

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. 

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. 

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. 

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 conquers that fear. 

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. 

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace. 

I can’t pretend that I’m brave and that I can beat the whole world. 

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. 

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. 

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. 

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. 

It always seems impossible until it’s done. 

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement. 

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires. 

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children. 

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. 

Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will. 

I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.