Mandela quote: If you talk to a man in a language he understands ….

[Benjamin Barrett]

Nelson Mandela is widely attributed as saying "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart," but I cannot find any date or definitive citation. There is also a query on Wikiquote (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Nelson_Mandela).

The earliest Google Books citation I find is 1996 in "At home in the world: the Peace Corps story" (fifth item on http://ow.ly/baNxg).

Can this be dated?

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

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