{"author":"Nelson Mandela","author_id":"Nelson+Mandela","total_quotes":114,"quotes":[{"text":"I am the captain of my soul.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["inspirational"],"id":149,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["celebrate","victory","people "],"id":751,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["lawyer","me","strangers "],"id":1135,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["freedom","liberty"],"id":1256,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["democracy","equality","freedom","peace","unity"],"id":2248,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["atonement","saints","sin","sinners"],"id":5540,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"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.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["together","i am","society "],"id":15381,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"Prison is designed to break one's spirit and destroy one's resolve. To do this, the authorities attempt to exploit every weakness, demolish every initiative, negate all signs of individuality--all with the idea of stamping out that spark that makes each of us human and each of us who we are.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["incarceration","prison","prison-life","prisoners"],"id":26934,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and apsirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry or savour their songs. I again realized that we were not different people with separate languages; we were one people, with different tongues.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["inspirational","language"],"id":27255,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"},{"text":"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.","author":"Nelson Mandela","tags":["africa","ideology","race","trial"],"id":29470,"author_id":"Nelson+Mandela"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":114,"pages":12,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}