Nelson Mandela

It always seems impossible until it's done.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and read more

I hate racial discrimination most intensely and all its manifestations. I have fought all my life; I fight now, and will do so until the end of my days. Even although I now happen to be tried by one, whose opinion I hold in high esteem, I detest most violently the set-up that surrounds me here. It makes me feel that I am a Black man in a White man's court. This should not be I should feel perfectly at ease and at home with the assurance that I am being tried by a fellow South African, who does not regard me as an inferior, entitled to a special type of justice.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not read more

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.