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It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
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
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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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I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.
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We have introduced a rule of law. That never existed for centuries in this country [South Africa], especially under the apartheid regime, when the law was reduced into disrepute.
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The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.
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I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.
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Nothing is black or white.
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The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy.
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Freedom alone is not enough without light to read at night, without time or access to water to irrigate your farm, without the ability to catch fish to feed your family.
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It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
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Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
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Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
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I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was leaving behind.
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The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight.
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Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
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Those South Africans who berate me for being loyal to our friends, literally they can go and throw themselves into a pool. I am not going to betray the trust of those who helped us.
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My son has died of AIDS.
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There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear to befriend you when you are wealthy, but precious few will do the same when you are poor. If wealth is a magnet, poverty is a kind of repellent. Yet, poverty often brings out the true generosity in others.
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