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The curious beauty about African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad story.
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
Prisoner 46664
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We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.
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I was called a terrorist yesterday... Today I am admired by the very people who said I was one.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
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The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices - submit or fight. That time has now come to South Africa. We shall not submit and we have no choice but to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom
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I was called a terrorist yesterday, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I normally tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists.
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Our freedom is also incomplete, dear compatriots, as long as we are denied our security by criminals who prey on our communities, who rob our businesses and undermine our economy, who ply their destructive trade in drugs in our schools, and who do violence against our women and children.
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For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.
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We have introduced a rule of law into many sections of our public life.
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Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.
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It is my deepest conviction that the children should be seen and heard as our most treasured assets.
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The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet it was indeed balanced - between the unpalatable and the inedible.
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AIDS is no longer just a disease, it is a human rights issue.
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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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