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The Church was as concerned with this world as the next: I saw that virtually all of the achievements of Africans seemed to have come about through the missionary work of the Church.
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
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A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.
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Young people are capable, when aroused, of bringing down the towers of oppression and raising the banners of freedom.
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I discovered even before I went to jail that apartheid was not run by people who were monolithic in their approach. Some of them didn't even believe in apartheid.
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Both Bush as well, as Tony Blair, are undermining an idea which was sponsored by their predecessors. They do not care. Is it because the secretary-general of the United Nations [Ghanaian Kofi Annan] is now a black man? They never did that when secretary-generals were white.
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There are many people who have worked just because they love the community in which they are in, without expecting any financial consideration.
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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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As we judge others so are we judged by others. The suspicious will always be tormented by suspicion.
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We cannot proclaim this century the African Century and then ignore the AIDS pandemic, as some political leaders are apt to do. To claim this century the African Century is to declare war on AIDS.
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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
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An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy
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A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.
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It is also the fate of leadership to be misunderstood. For historians, academics, writers and journalists to reflect great lives according to their own subjective canon.
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A political movement must keep in touch with reality and the prevailing conditions. Long speeches, the shaking of fists, the banging of tables, and strongly worded resolutions out of touch with the objective conditions do not bring about mass action and can do a great deal of harm to the organization and the struggle we serve.
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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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The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.
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It can be said that there are four basic and primary things that the mass of people in a society wish for: to live in a safe environment, to be able to work and provide for themselves, to have access to good public health and to have sound educational opportunities for their children.
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It always gives me great pleasure to be surrounded by the beautiful children of our land. Whenever I am with the energetic young people ... I feel like a recharged battery, confident that our country can look forward to great things.
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight.
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