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Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.
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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I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
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Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.
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I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.
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My family is very large. 42 million.
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