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Video screenshot Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.

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

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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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The truth is we are not yet free we have merely achieved the freedom to be free.
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I've never had a single moment of depression, because I know my cause will triumph.
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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
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In the 21st Century, the capacity to communicate will almost certainly be a key human right.
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Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.
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I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
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Negotiation and discussion are the greatest weapons we have for promoting peace and development.
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In many respects, people on the outside suffered more than those of us in jail. In prison, we ate three times a day, we had clothing, we had free medical services, and we could sleep for 12 hours.
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As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live.
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I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest challenge facing humanity. That is why I build schools I want to free people from poverty and illiteracy.
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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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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.
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We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.
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The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.
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Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would.
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My son has died of AIDS.
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Sport has the power to inspire and unite people. In Africa, soccer enjoys great popularity and has a particular place in the hearts of people.
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When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.
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