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Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
Autobiographer
Former President Of South Africa
Lawyer
Political Activist
Political Prisoner
Politician
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
Prisoner 46664
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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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We cannot blame other people for our troubles. We are not victims of the influx of foreign people into South Africa. We must remember that it was mainly due to the aggressive and hostile policies of the apartheid regime that the economic development of our neighbours was undermined.
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When I walked out of the gate I knew that if I continued to hate these people I was still in prison.
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.
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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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Racism is a blight on the human conscience
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I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.
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Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.
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The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.
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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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Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression... Our endeavors must be about the liberation of the woman, the emancipation of the man and the liberty of the child.
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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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I commend #AIESEC's continuing efforts to develop the #future #business #leadership of our countries.
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We recall the joy and excitement of a nation that had found itself, the collective relief that we had stepped out of our restrictive past, and the expectant air of walking into a brighter future.
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I learned to have the patience to listen when people put forward their views, even if I think those views are wrong. You can't reach a just decision in a dispute unless you listen to both sides.
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No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had the privilege of studying.
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Lead from the front - but don t leave your base behind.
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The very right to be human is denied every day to hundreds of millions of people as a result of poverty, the unavailability of basic necessities such as food, jobs, water and shelter, education, health care and a healthy environment.
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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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