"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
— Nelson Mandela
No One Is Born Hating Another
No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
About this quote
From Long Walk to Freedom (1994), the passage Nelson Mandela wrote near the close of his autobiography. It became one of his most widely circulated statements after Barack Obama quoted it on Twitter in July 2017 in response to racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia — a post that became one of the most liked tweets in the platform's history at the time. The observation reflects Mandela's conviction that reconciliation, not retribution, was both possible and necessary for South Africa's future.
Source
Long Walk to Freedom, 1994
