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Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa trees of the bushveld - a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world.
Nelson Mandela
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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
Mandela
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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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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
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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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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs.
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Of course we desire education and we think it is a good thing, but you don't have to have education in order to know that you want certain fundamental rights, you have got aspirations, you have got acclaims. It has nothing to do with education whatsoever.
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Educating all of our children must be one of our most urgent priorities. We all know that education, more than anything else, improves our chances of building better lives.
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The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
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Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair
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We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.
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The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
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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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MY greatest regret in life is that I never became the heavyweight boxing champion ofthe world.
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The majority of South Africans, black and white, recognize that apartheid has no future. It has to be ended by our own decisive mass action in order to build peace and security. The mass campaign of defiance and other actions of our organization and people can only culminate in the establishment of democracy.
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Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
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I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.
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Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
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