我從不認為任何人比我優越,無論是在監獄外或內的生活。
I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.
撰給杜布里茲監獄處長的一封信,羅本島,開普敦,南非,1976年7月12日
FROM A LETTER TO GENERAL DU PREEZ, COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS, WRITTEN ON ROBBEN ISLAND, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, 12 JULY 1976
死亡是無法避免的東西。當一個人認為他完成了其對人民、對國家的責任,他可安息。
我相信我已做到這一點,我將獲得永恆的安息。
Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
撰一個曼德拉紀錄片的採訪,1994年
FROM AN INTERVIEW FOR THE DOCUMENTARY MANDELA, 1994