Nelson? Lori Lala? Nelson rolihlahla mandela (1918.7.18 ~ 2013.12.5) was born in transkei, South Africa, and holds a bachelor of arts degree from the University of South Africa and a lawyer qualification from the University of the Witwatersrand. He was the national secretary and chairman of the Youth League of the African National Congress. He was the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was honored as the father of South Africa. Next, I will bring you the complete works of Mandela's classic sayings. Welcome to browse! 1, I am fundamentally an optimist. I'm not sure whether this is a natural or acquired habit. As an optimist, you need to face the sun with your head held high and stride forward.
2. I have experienced many dark moments. At those moments, my belief in human nature was severely tested, but I don't want to and can't let myself give in to despair. Giving in to despair means failure and death.
Education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world.
An educated person will not be oppressed because he has the ability of independent thinking.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you must cooperate with him.
6. Democracy requires respect for the political rights of ethnic minorities.
7. A country should be judged not by how it treats the people with the highest status, but by how it treats the poor or those who have nothing.
8. No one is born to hate another person because of his skin color, birthplace and religious belief. Hatred needs to be learned. Since people can learn to hate, they can also learn to love. Love is easier to enter people's hearts than hate.
9. I have no other special beliefs, except that our cause is just, which is very powerful and has won more and more support.
10, I fulfilled my responsibility to my people and South Africa. I have no doubt that future generations will restore my reputation. Similarly, I want to say that the criminals who should stand in this court are members of the government.
1 1. For peace, brave people are not afraid of tolerance.
12, our human compassion brings us closer to each other, not pity or condescending, but as human beings who have realized how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.
13. No one is born to hate others because of their skin color, background or religious belief. Hate is learned. And if they can learn to hate, then they can also learn to love, because love will enter people's hearts more naturally than hate.
14. The most sensitive way to reveal the soul of a society is to look at the way this society treats children.
15, I realized that courage is not the absence of fear, but the conquest of fear. Brave people don't feel fear, but conquer it.
16. Freedom means not only getting rid of your own shackles, but also living in a way that respects and increases the freedom of others.
17. When I walked out of my cell and walked to the prison gate leading to freedom, I knew that if I couldn't put my pain and resentment behind me, I would still be in prison. ?
18, honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure' generosity, no vanity, enthusiasm for helping others' It is not difficult for everyone to cultivate these qualities, which are the foundation of one's spiritual life.
19, everything seems impossible before it is finished.
20. The greatest glory is not never falling, but always getting up after falling.
Extended reading
Mandela's character evaluation
Positive evaluation
In order to overthrow the racist rule of white people in South Africa, Mandela struggled for 50 years (1944? 1994) hard work, 28 years behind bars (1962? 1990). In the end, he jumped from a prisoner to the first black president of South Africa, creating a new situation of democratic unity in South Africa. Honorary President of South Africa for life. Because of the smile on his face, he is called by South Africans? Smile ambassador? .
Nelson? Mandela was one of the most dazzling pacifists in African and even world politics in the 1990s. The ANC he led played an extremely important role in the struggle to end racism in South Africa. 1The birth of the new South Africa in April 1994 marked the successful completion of the political liberation task of anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism and anti-apartheid on the African continent. Finally, he was elected as the first black president in the history of South Africa and enjoyed a high reputation. Global president? .
Even in prison, Mandela has repeatedly become the global focus. His appeal and influence spread all over the world. 2,000 mayors from 53 countries around the world signed a petition demanding the release of Mandela. Seventy-eight British parliamentarians issued a joint statement, and mayors of more than 50 cities marched in London, demanding that the British Prime Minister put pressure on South Africa to restore Mandela's freedom.
Mandela is a symbol. He represents the political changes that the South African people have gone through a lot of hardships and sacrificed their lives. He came out for this country? Founding father? This role.
Negative evaluation
It has been pointed out that Mandela advocated violence in his early years and even organized, led and participated in terrorist activities. Some people think that Mandela is impatient and arbitrary during his leadership of the ANC, which is not commonly understood? Smiling old man? Image; Some people accuse him that his private life is not impeccable; Some people even cited data and examples to accuse him of leading? Rainbow country? The economy of the new South Africa has stagnated and regressed, and its overall performance is not as good as that of the old South Africa in the apartheid era.
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