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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
Political Activist
Political Prisoner
Politician
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
Prisoner 46664
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It always seems impossible until its done.
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
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An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy
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Isimangaliso must be the only place on the globe where the oldest land mammal (rhinoceros) and the world biggest terrestrial mammal (elephant) share an ecosystem with the world's oldest fish (coelacanth) and the world's biggest marine mammal (whale)
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Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.
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I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.
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Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.
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We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.
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To be the father of a nation is a great honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.
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Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.
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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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To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.
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There will be life after Mandela. On my last day I want to know that those who remain behind will say: 'The man who lies here has done his duty for his country and his people.'
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For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.
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I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.
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I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away.
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The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.
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Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair
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I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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