Nelson Mandela World Quotations

Today we are a nation at peace with itself, united in our diversity, not only proclaiming but living out the contention that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. We take our place amongst the nations of the world, confident and proud in being an African country.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.

The United States of America is a threat to world peace.

Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.

The Liberty Bell is "a very significant symbol for the entire democratic world."

The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.

It's in your hands to make the world a better place.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others.

There is no doubt that the United States now feels that they are the only superpower in the world and they can do what they like.

The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world.

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

If you want to change the world, help the women.

The world is truly round and seems to start and end with those we love.

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.

No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education.

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.

It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.

It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.