The government will terrorise the people and their people and their leaders in an effort to halt the forward march ordinary forms of organisation will be rendered impossible. Leaders will be deported, imprisoned, and even shot.
“True, the struggle will be a bitter one. (Extract from I am Prepared to Die – Mandela’s statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the Rivonia Trial, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964) But if needs be, it an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.
“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people.
Former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is often quoted by both world leaders and the man in the street.
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