RIP to one of the most inspirational minds to ever walk this Earth.
"Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people."
"Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
"I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles."
"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 dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself."
"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."
"Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom."
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
Job well done Mr. Mandela - Job well done.
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