Chrisella’s Reviews > Mandela: The Life of Nelson Mandela > Status Update

"Every person will one day roll up and disappear from the earth, but it is my fervent wish that when my days comes, those left behind can say, 'here lies a man who has done his duty to his country and to other people and to humanity during his life time."

"Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves. Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. Let freedom reign."

"I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to see realized. But, my Lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

"It is said that 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 its lowest ones."

"The black Africans who dug such riches out of the ground were paid the paltry sum of two shillings a day. Their white counterparts earned twelve times more. In 1946 the AMWU demanded an increase to ten shillings a day for its members, along with improvements in their living and working conditions. It's dedication couldn't be faulted but it cost them dear - over 1,200 workers were wonded and a dozen were killed"

'I am not a saint,' he said, 'unless you think of a saint as a sinner who just keeps on trying.'