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By ancestry, I was born to rule.

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
Autobiographer
Former President Of South Africa
Lawyer
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Political Prisoner
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
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Prisoner 46664
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