Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offe... -Nelson Mandela

Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and, if the policy bore fruit, democratic government could become a reality.

Nelson Mandela , Statesman
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Nelson Mandela Quotes to Explore

It always seems impossible until it's done....
Forget the past....
I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauf...
I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla w...
Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts....
Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and, if the polic...
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal...
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common sufferin...
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. Y...
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace....

Hope Quotes to Explore

I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy....
I write about humility, because it's something I hope I one day actually possess....
I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause....
The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union be...
I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial....
I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide posi...
There are certain things that people love to do, and they can't really explain it. That's me and football. The game gives me hope. It lets me be mysel...
In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has ...
It's easy to give up, and that's the one thing we cannot do. That's what gives me a reason for working: to leave people with a little more courage, wi...
You have to have hope. It's irresponsible to give false hope, which I think a lot of playwrights are guilty of. But I also think it's irresponsible to...