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In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
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Former President Of South Africa
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
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No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity
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In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.
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I've found that South Africa has produced good leaders. These are people who realize that when there is danger, they should be in the forefront and when there is victory to be celebrated, they should be in the background, allowing their colleagues and the ordinary civilians - the man in the street - to rejoice and to celebrate that victory.
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History and the generations to come will judge our leaders by the decisions they make in the coming weeks.
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When we decided to take up arms, it was because the only other choice was to surrender and to submit to slavery.
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If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.
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There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill.
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To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.
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Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.
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I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.
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I did not enjoy the violence of boxing so much as the science of it. I was intrigued by how one moved one's body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, how one paced oneself over a match.
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The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strenthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.
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An organisation can only carry out its mandate if there is discipline, and where there is no discipline there can be no real progress
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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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