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'If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man. '
“如果時光倒流，我還會做同樣的事情。每個敢說自己是男人的人也都會這么做。”
-Speech in mitigation of sentence after being convicted of inciting workers to strike and leaving the country illegally; at the apartheid court known as the Old Synagogue, Pretoria, November 1962
――1962年11月比勒陀利亞，因煽動工人罷工和非法出境而被定罪的曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)在被稱作“老猶太教堂”(Old Synagogue)的種族隔離法院申請減刑時發表演說
' During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. '
“我畢生致力于非洲人民的斗爭事業。我反抗過白人專制，也反抗過黑人專制。我一直懷抱一個理想，那就是建立一個人人和諧共處、機會平等的民主自由社會。我愿為這一理想活下去，將它變為現實。但如果有必要的話，我愿為之獻出生命。”
-Pretoria Supreme Court, April 20, 1964
――1964年4月20日，比勒陀利亞最高法院
' I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison. '
“無論監獄內還是監獄外的歲月中，我都從未視任何人高我一等。”
-Letter to Gen. Du Preez, commissioner of prisons, written on Robben Island, Cape Town, July 12, 1976
――1976年7月12日于開普敦羅本島，寫給監獄總長Du Preez將軍的信
' I had no specific belief except that our cause was just, was very strong and it was winning more and more support. '
“我心中只有一個信念――我們的事業正義且強大，并正在贏得越來越多的支持。”
-Robben Island, Feb. 11, 1994
――1994年2月11日于羅本島
' Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another. '
“這片美麗的土地將永遠不會再遭遇一方對另一方的壓迫。”
-Inaugural address, May 9, 1994
――1994年5月9日就職演說
' It is never my custom to use words lightly. If 27 years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die. '
“輕易地使用言語從來不是我的風格。如果說27年的監獄生活對我們有什么意義的話，那就是它用獨處的寂靜讓我們懂得言語的珍貴，以及言語對人們生活和死亡的方式有著多么真實的影響。”
-AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa, July 14, 2000
――2000年7月14日于南非德班的艾滋病會議上
' What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead. '
“人生的意義不在于我們僅僅活過的事實。決定我們人生意義的是我們對他人的生活產生了怎樣的影響。”
-Walter Sisulu's 90th birthday celebration, Johannesburg, May 18, 2002
――2002年5月18日于約翰內斯堡的西蘇盧(Walter Sisulu)90歲生日慶典上
' We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others. '
“我們嘗試以自己的一種簡單的方式，讓我們的人生影響他人的生活。”
-Upon receiving the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedom Award in Middleburg, Netherlands, June 8, 2002
――2002年6月8日于荷蘭米德爾堡，在領取羅斯福學院(Roosevelt Institue)四大自由獎(Four Freedoms Award)前發表演說
' Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do. '
“每個人都可以改善他們的境遇并取得成功，只要對所做之事抱有奉獻精神和熱情。”
-Letter to Makhaya Ntini, prominent black South African cricketer, Dec. 17, 2009
――2009年12月17日，寫給南非知名黑人板球運動員Makhaya Ntini的信
' There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. ... The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ... Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. ... 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. ... 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. '
“回到沒有變化的地方去尋找改變自我的方式是一個獨特的經歷……生命最偉大的光輝不在于永不跌落，而在于每一次跌落后的再次升起……不要以我的成就評價我，而要看我有多少次跌倒后重新站起……翻越了一座高山，只會發現前方有更多座高峰等待攀越……我意識到勇敢并非恐懼的消弭，而是戰勝恐懼……死亡是個不可避免的事情。當一個人完成了他心中對祖國和人民應盡的職責，他便可安詳地離去。我相信我已做出了這份努力，也正因此，我將獲得永恒的安息。
