Long Walk to Freedom Quotes

“It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

topic:democracy

“I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities, a thousand unremembered moments, produced in me an anger, a rebelliousness, a desire to fight the system that...”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

topic:anger

“a leader . . . is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

topic:leadership

“I wanted first of all to tell the people that I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had became a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

topic:leadership

“Some men, under the pressure of incarceration, showed true mettle, while others revealed themselves as less than what they had appeared to be.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

topic:personality

“men who take great risks often suffer great consequences.”

― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

topic:risk

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