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Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
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More quotes by Nelson Mandela

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[I] read Anne Frank's diary [while imprisoned] on Robben Island and derived much encouragement from it.
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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
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When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
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I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for me.
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Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.
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Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.
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I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
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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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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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I have found Jews to be more broad-minded than most whites on issues of race and politics, perhaps because they themselves have historically been victims of prejudice.
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I pay tribute to the endless heroism of youth.
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There's no such thing as part freedom.
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I made a mistake by being ejected from the presidency. Next time, I will choose a Cabinet which will allow me to be life President.
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My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.
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I watched, along with all of you, as the tens of thousands of our people stood patiently in long queues for many hours. Some sleeping on the open ground overnight waiting to cast this momentous vote.
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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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The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
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