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Adversity cleanses the lethargies of man
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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Political Prisoner
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
Prisoner 46664
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The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the youth and the children who, by their thoughts and deeds, gave us the right to assert with pride that we are South Africans, that we are Africans, and that we are citizens of the world.
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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
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If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and will lead to the slaughtering of innocent people - including his own people.
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I realized that they could take everything from me except my mind and my heart. They could not take those things. Those things I still had control over. And I decided not to give them away.
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The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.
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If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.
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I feel like a young man of 15.
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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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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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If you are stimulated by what you do, you never get tired
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Our rich and varied cultural heritage has a profound power to help build our nation
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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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