Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Quotes about Human
I am influenced more than ever before by the conviction that social equality is the only basis of human happiness.
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .
There's one place where (Fidel Castro's) Cuba stands out head and shoulders above the rest – that is in its love for human rights and liberty!
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 suffering into hope for the future.
As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.
In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.
My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.
We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of thes of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.