Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Activist
1936-09-26
Quotes by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Those 18 months in solitary confinement... bruised my soul. If I had had a weapon, I would have fought my way out.
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I am not sorry. I will never be sorry. I would do everything I did again if I had to. Everything.
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It would be a most despicable thing to suggest I would exploit the poor for my own personal gain.
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You all must realize that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others - hundreds who languished in prison and died. Many unsung and unknown heroes of the struggle.
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I don't want a grand villa in a rich suburb alongside white people where many of my former comrades choose to live. I would never betray my roots in that way.
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I was so hooked by the fight for freedom that nothing mattered to us so long as we fulfilled the dream of years and years of our people being liberated. I thought normal life would come the day after.
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