Nelson Mandela
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.
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Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
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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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There is nothing like returing to a place that remains uncganged to find how you yourself have altered.
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Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
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The people are their own liberators.
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For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.
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The whole purpose of a husband and wife is that when hard times knock at the door you should be able to embrace each other.
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I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
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It always seems impossible until it's done.