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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.
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
Mandela
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Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short-term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.
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The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom
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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 was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.
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If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.
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The relations between a man and his or her god is a personal matter you can't go out and challenge the belief of people in a superior being.
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