"It is time for the next generations..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
It is time for the next generations to continue our struggle against social injustice and for the rights of humanity. It is in your hands.
More by Nelson Mandela
“We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know:That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.”
“Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.”
“I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything.”
More on Social Justice
“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.”
“I, with millions of other Americans, have the same dream Martin Luther King Jr. had; when I wake up I wish some of the things I dreamt would be true. I wish that little black and white boys and girls would hold hands without being shocked at their nearness to each other and say in a natural way, "we have overcome.”
“Without denying the value of scientific endeavor, there is a striking absurdity in committing billions to reach the moon where no people live, while only a fraction of that amount is appropriated to service the densely populated slums.”
More on Generations
“In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.”
“One generation passeth away and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.”
“Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take the punishment meted out by the older generation (which had itself confessed to the same crime short years before). The command to grow up at once was more bearable than the faceless horror of wavering purpose, which was youth.”