We owe our children β the most vulnerable citizens in any society β a life free from violence and fear.
Nelson MandelaRead
Greece is the mother of democracy and South Africa is its youngest daughter
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the historical roots of democracy in Greece and its evolution in South Africa.
Nelson Mandela's quote captures the essence of democracy as a concept that originated in ancient Greece, where it was first practiced. By referring to South Africa as its 'youngest daughter,' Mandela highlights the relatively recent adoption and nurturing of democratic principles in South Africa, celebrating its emergence from apartheid to a democratic society.
In practice
Using this quote during a political rally to highlight the significance of democracy in global history.
We owe our children β the most vulnerable citizens in any society β a life free from violence and fear.
What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.
The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
We signal that good can be achieved amongst human beings who are prepared to trust, prepared to believe in the goodness of people.
After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.
I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.
When fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division.
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
Christianity even when watered down is hot enough to boil all modern society to rags.
We have embarked globally on a path of unsustainable development. Our lifestyles, the way we produce goods and services, are all part of a system that is completely unsustainable. I see solutions to climate change leading to a much larger philosophical shift in the way human society develops. We need a new matrix to define what human progress is.
On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.
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