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Courage is not the absence of fear — it s inspiring others to move beyond it.

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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Political Prisoner
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
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Prisoner 46664
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In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment.
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South Africa is the most beautiful place on earth. Admittedly, I am biased but when you combine the natural beauty... and the fact that the region is a haven for Africa's most splendid wildlife... Then I think that we have been blessed with a truly wonderful land.
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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.
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The UN took a strong stand against apartheid and over the years, an international consensus was built, which helped to bring an end to this iniquitous system. But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians...
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The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.
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Our experience has taught us that with goodwill a negotiated solution can be found for even the most profound problems.
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Home is home even for those who aspire to serve wider interests and who have established their home of choice in distant regions.
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Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.
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I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other...The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. There comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about their unique achievements.
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A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded, but by those who are in the arena, whose garments are torn by storms and whose bodies are maimed in the course of the contest.
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Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
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I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.
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As long as many of our people still live in utter poverty, as long as children still live under plastic covers, as long as many of our people are still without jobs, no South African should rest and wallow in the joy of freedom.
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The death sentence is a barbaric act.
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With freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk has not ended yet.
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We should never forget those on whose shoulders we stand and those who paid the supreme price for freedom.
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Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place
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