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" Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all. "

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela

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" I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself. "

" There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty. "

" I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot. "

" Any man or institution that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose. "

" There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. "

" I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master's car. "

" Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul. "

" My son has died of AIDS. "

" A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. "

" I realized quickly what Mandela and Tambo meant to ordinary Africans. It was a place where they could come and find a sympathetic ear and a competent ally, a place where they would not be either turned away or cheated, a place where they might actually feel proud to be represented by men of their own skin color. "

" I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world. "

" In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains. "

" After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. "