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Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

Nelson Mandela

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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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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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Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.
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The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one language, who chose not one tribe, who chose all of humankind!
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I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity.
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I have always admired men and women who used their talents to serve the community, and who were highly respected and admired for their efforts and sacrifices, even though they held no office whatsoever in government or society.
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A movement without vision would be a movement without moral foundation.
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We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.
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It's not our weaknesses that frighten us. It's our strengths.
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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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Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.
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It is necessary to heal the wounds of the past If you are going to build your country and to have unity. I am working with people who fought me very bitterly before the elections. It was my responsibility as the man who is leading the majority party, my responsibility to heal the wounds of the past and to work with people who were my opponents.
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The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.
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I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.
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There are many people who feel that it is useless and futile to continue talking about peace and non-violence against a government whose only reply is savage attacks on an unarmed and defenceless people.
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I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.
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I am fundamentally an optimist.
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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
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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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