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If you want to preach a revolutionary message, wear a suit.

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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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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Apart from life, a strong constitusion and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon me at birth was a name, Rolihlahla
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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
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Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.
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My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.
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It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. It is a grave error for any leader to be oversensitive in the face of criticism, to conduct discussions as if he or she is a schoolmaster talking to less informed and inexperienced learners.
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Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.
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Now we are in the second term of the government of a united nation and the government has done very well. One thing they have done, one thing people could not be blind to, was the achievement this government has made in giving human beings dignity, which they did not enjoy before. They now have dignity.
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The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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The death sentence is a barbaric act.
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When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.
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