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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
Lawyer
Political Activist
Political Prisoner
Politician
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
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Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.
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The greatest single challenge facing our globalised world is to combat and eradicate its disparities.
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Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair
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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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I was neglected by my family because I had disappointed them - I'd run away from being forced into an arranged marriage, which was a big blow to them.
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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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I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.
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I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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