UMadiba wayengumuntu waseNingizimu Afrika othandwa kakhulu futhi ohlonishwayo wekhulu leminyaka. Wayethandwa kakhulu emhlabeni futhi wathandwa abaningi ngenxa yokukwazi kwakhe ukuqeda ukungazwani kohlanga ezweni elibhekene nempi yombango. UNelson Mandela wayengumuntu ohloniphekile, onomoya omnene oguqule ngempumelelo iNingizimu Afrika ekubandleni wobandlululo kuya entandweni yeningi. Ngemva kokukhululwa kwakhe ejele ngo-1990, uMadiba wanikeza izingxoxo ezihlukahlukene lapho akhetha khona amagama akhe ngokucophelela futhi wahlala ethule futhi eqoqwe kuyo yonke indawo. Kuthiwa ukholelwa ukuthi uma unesimo esihle sokuziphatha, kungcono ukuhlala phansi ukhulume nabantu futhi ubakhombise ngokufaneleka kwesizathu sakho.
Nakuba uNelson Mandela enenhliziyo enomusa, indoda ehlanjululwe, wayengumholi onesibindi futhi wabusa iNingizimu Afrika ukuba ibe yinkululeko, ithemba nokuchuma. Enye yezingcaphuno zakhe ezidumile kakhulu: "Uma ukhuluma nendoda ekhuluma naye, lokho kuya ekhanda lakhe. Uma ukhuluma naye ngolimi lwakhe, lokho kuya enhliziyweni yakhe."
‘Uma ukhuluma nomuntu ngolwimi aluzwayo, lokho kuya ekhanda lakhe. Uma ukhuluma naye ngolwimi lwakhe, lokhu kuya kwinhliziyo yakhe.” ~Nelson Mandela