QUOTES BY WINNIE MANDELA

“When you strike a woman, you strike a rock.”

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”

“Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression.”

“We want equal education. Education that teaches us our rights and responsibilities as women.”

“You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.”

“As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.”

“I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

“It is only when all black groups, join hands and speak with one voice, that we shall be a bargaining force which will decide its own destiny.”

“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.” “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine.”

“Do not bring bitterness into the home. Be the peacemakers, be the nation builders.”

“I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.”

“Our struggle is about changing the mindset and culture of our own society.” QUOTES BY ANNE BOLEYN

“Without dignity, there is no freedom. Without justice, there is no dignity.”

“A nation cannot be free until its women are free.”

“I am the product of the masses of my country and the product of my enemy.”

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

“Living isn’t just about surviving, it’s about transcending.”

“You can imprison a person, but not an idea. You can exile a person, but not an idea. You can kill a person, but not an idea.”

“The challenge of freedom is to learn how to live in a common humanity.”

“The future is in our hands, our country is free.”

“My mission is not done. I will fight till the end.”

“I rise every morning torn between the desire to save the world and the desire to savor the world.”