Nelson Mandela Quote

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.


Refusing to bargain for freedom after 21 years in prison, as quoted in TIME (25 February 1985)


Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.