"The truth is that we are not..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. 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. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning.
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“Therefore, we must not look at the African people, even before they met whites, as if they had something unique, which was not to be found in other societies.”
“I cannot say for certain if there is such a thing as love at first sight, but I do know that the moment I first glimpsed Winnie Nomzamo, I knew that I wanted to have her as my wife.”
“Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.”
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“She felt drawing further from her and further from her an Archduke, (she did not mind that) a fortune, (she did not mind that) the safety and circumstance of married life, (she did not mind that) but life she heard going from her, and a lover.”
“The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such wisdom as God gives mankind - men and women who are just, and understanding, and generous to others - men and women who are capable of disciplining themselves. For they are the rulers and they must rule themselves.”
“Every burned book enlightens the world.”
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“The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each”
“We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.”
“We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.”