"We now undertake that we cannot rest..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms.
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“An organisation can only carry out its mandate if there is discipline, and where there is no discipline there can be no real progress”
“A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor.At a point, one can only fight fire with fire”
“The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk”
More on Poverty
“So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.”
“Truly, whoever possesses little is that much less possessed: praised be a little poverty!”
“As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.”
More on Suffering
“I cannot truly imagine a truly great person who hasn't suffered.”
“When it seems that our sorrow is too great to be borne, let us think of the great family of the heavy-hearted into which our grief has given us entrance. And inevitably, we will feel about us their arms, their sympathy and their understanding.”
“Mermaids have no tears, and so they suffer all the more.”