Quote by Nelson Mandela
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. – Nelson Mandela

Other quotes by Nelson Mandela

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. – Nelson Mandela

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Time
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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special. – Nelson Mandela

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Personality
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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. – Nelson Mandela

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Courage
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Peace
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If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. – Marvin Gaye

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Peace

If theres no inner peace, people cant give it to you. The husband cant give it to you. Your children cant give it to you. You have to give it to you. – Linda Evans

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Peace

It is thus tolerance that is the source of peace, and intolerance that is the source of disorder and squabbling. – Pierre Bayle

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Peace

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace. – Frank B. Kellogg

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Peace

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If you want to build a ship, dont drum up people to collect wood and dont assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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work

There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it. – Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)

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Poetry

Music is the language of the heart, and conservatives always screw it up. – Glenn Beck

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Most of us really arent horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature. – Herbert Simon

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Nature