# Quote — Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

> If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

- Author: [Nelson Mandela](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nelson-mandela.md)
- Book: [Long Walk to Freedom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nelson-mandela/long-walk-to-freedom.md)
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## More from this book

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nelson-mandela/long-walk-to-freedom/no-one-is-born.md)

> The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced — between the unpalatable and the inedible.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nelson-mandela/long-walk-to-freedom/the-authorities-liked.md)

> There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nelson-mandela/long-walk-to-freedom/there-is-nothing.md)