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Biography - Nelson Mandela:

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader.
Born: 1918 - Died: 2013
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: South Africa
South Africa

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Vaincre la pauvreté n'est pas un geste de charité. C'est un acte de justice.

German
Die Überwindung der Armut ist keine Geste der Nächstenliebe. Es ist ein Akt der Gerechtigkeit.




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Quotes for: Justice


Quotes

Quotes about Justice:


Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.





There is no justice in putting strength on a level above wisdom.





Justice without power is inefficient; power without justice is tyranny.





Justice seeks no reward.





'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.





In affairs of state the principles and the foundations must be truth and justice.











Quotes for: poverty


Quotes

Quotes about poverty:


Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.





As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.





Abundance makes me poor.





A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.





Another cause of our poverty lies in our new needs.





I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.











Quotes

Nelson Mandela also said...


There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.





I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.





If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.





Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.





May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.





A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.












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