Nelson Mandela pledges to liberate the people of South Africa from poverty, deprivation, suffering, and discrimination. He commits to building a just and lasting peace after achieving freedom. Mandela calls for national reconciliation, nation building, and a new world through united action. He calls for justice, peace, work and sustenance for all, and for all people to be free to fulfill themselves. After leaving prison, Mandela's mission was to liberate both the oppressed and oppressor, but recognizes true freedom requires living in a way that respects others' freedom. He has walked a long road to freedom but knows the journey is not yet over and responsibilities continue.

1. NELSON
ROLIHLAHLA
MANDELA
We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the
continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering,
gender and other discrimination.
We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in
conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the
construction of a complete, just and lasting peace.

2. NELSON
ROLIHLAHLA
MANDELA
We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom.
We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve
success.
We must therefore act together as a united people, for
national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of
a new world.

3. NELSON
ROLIHLAHLA
MANDELA
Let there be justice for all.
Let there be peace for all.
Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the
soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.

4. NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA, ARCHITECTS OF PEACE,
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to
liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. Some say
that has now been achieved. But I know that that is not
the case.
The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely
achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be
oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our
journey, but the first step on a longer and even more
difficult road. 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. The true test of our devotion to
freedom is just beginning.

5. NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA, ARCHITECTS OF PEACE,
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not
to falter; I have made missteps along the way.
But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a
great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to
climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view
of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on
the distance I have come.
But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes
responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is
not yet ended.