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Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.
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
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One effect of sustained conflict is to narrow our vision of what is possible. Time and time again, conflicts are resolved through shifts that were unimaginable at the start.
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In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others.
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When we decided to take up arms, it was because the only other choice was to surrender and to submit to slavery.
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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.
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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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Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
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It is important to not be hostile to what a greater part of society has embraced, whether as Christians, Hindus or Muslims. It is important to respect that because whether you believe or not in the existence of a superior being, humanity does believe in that.
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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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Isimangaliso must be the only place on the globe where the oldest land mammal (rhinoceros) and the world biggest terrestrial mammal (elephant) share an ecosystem with the world's oldest fish (coelacanth) and the world's biggest marine mammal (whale)
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Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon
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The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the future. We might have our differences, but we are one people with a common destiny in our rich variety of culture, race and tradition.
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Lead from the front - but don t leave your base behind.
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Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be easy. But not to do this would be a crime against humanity, against which I ask all humanity now to rise up.
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In prison, illusions can offer comfort.
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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.
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Our children are the rock on which our future will be built, our greatest asset as a nation. They will be the leaders of our country, the creators of our national wealth, those who care for and protect our people.
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To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
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There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
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Let us remind ourselves that it is ordinary people - men and women, boys and girls - that make the world a special place
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