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I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. Nelson Mandela

Time Myself Health Good Family Good Health Me Will Spend Nobody Also Am Still Selfishness Friends Accuse Confident While Ask

There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenseless people. Nelson Mandela

Savage Government Peace People Futile Unarmed About Only Attacks Feel Talking Non-Violence Continue Reply Against Useless Who Many Whose

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. Nelson Mandela

Great Problems Unity Our Dream Solve Vast Leaders Combine Continent Forests Efforts Africa Whereby Realization Deserts

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites. Nelson Mandela

Love People Oppression Result Political Tyranny Calm Situation Exploitation Spirit Sabotage Had Arisen Because Nor Years Deny Political Situation Did Any After Sober Plan Planned Whites Many Assessment Violence

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being. Steven Biko

In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions of prestige, and our families... A struggle without casualties is no struggle. Steven Biko

Change Struggle Lose Positions Our Prestige Jobs Security Be Prepared Casualties Take Bid Comfort Without Off Families Coats Prepared

Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their religion and their outlook to life. Steven Biko

Life Religion Culture Pride Value Black Community Value Systems Systems Black Community Seeks Outlook Efforts Infuse Themselves Consciousness

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity. Steven Biko

Without forgiveness, there's no future. Desmond Tutu

Future Forgiveness No Future Without

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. Desmond Tutu

God People Speak Despised Favor Weak Biased Often Being

To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world. Elon Musk

There's a silly notion that failure's not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough. Elon Musk

Failure You Enough Silly Failing NASA Option Notion Things Here

I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?' Elon Musk

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world. Elon Musk

Change World College Change The World Teen Would Involved Wanted Things

The land on which the cattle grazed was communal property. It was owned by no one. It was nobody's private farm. It was the common property of the people, shared by the people. So the practice of sharing was central to the concept of ownership of property. Oliver Tambo

Property People Practice Ownership Farm No-One Shared Sharing Nobody Concept Cattle Private Owned Common Which Central Communal Land By The People

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. Desmond Tutu

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