Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all.
Mandela spoke these words at his inauguration as the first president elected in South Africa’s first fully democratic election. He went on to promise that “never, never, and never again” would the country experience the oppression of one by another.
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
For 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.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
The rank is but the guinea’s stamp, / The Man’s the gowd for a’ that.