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At The Southern Tip Of The Continent, A Rich Reward Is In The Making, An Invaluable Gift Is In The Preparation, For Those Who Suffered In The Name Of All Humanity When They Sacrificed Everything - For Liberty, Peace, Human Dignity And Human Fulfillment. The Value Of Our Shared Reward Will And Must Be Measured By The Joyful Peace Which Will Triumph, Because Of The Common Humanity That Bonds Both Black And White Into One Human Race, Will Have Said To Each One Of Us That We Shall All Live Like The Children Of Paradise.

-Nelson Mandela

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At The Southern Tip

Nelson Mandela

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At The Southern Tip Of The Continent, A Rich Reward Is In The Making, An Invaluable Gift Is In The Preparation, For Those Who Suffered In The Name Of All Humanity When They Sacrificed Everything - For Liberty, Peace, Human Dignity And Human Fulfillment. The Value Of Our Shared Reward Will And Must Be Measured By The Joyful Peace Which Will Triumph, Because Of The Common Humanity That Bonds Both Black And White Into One Human Race, Will Have Said To Each One Of Us That We Shall All Live Like The Children Of Paradise.

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If You Are Negotiating You Must Do So In A Spirit Of Reconciliation, Not From The Point Of View Of Issuing Ultimatums.

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Nonviolence Is A Good Policy When The Conditions Permit.

You Sharpen Your Ideas By Reducing Yourself To The Level Of The People You Are With And A Sense Of Humour And A Complete Relaxation, Even When You're Discussing Serious Things, Does Help To Mobilise Friends Around You. And I Love That.

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By Ancestry, I Was Born To Rule.

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Hope Is A Powerful Weapon, And (one) No One Power On Earth Can Deprive You Of.

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The Best Weapon Is To Sit Down And Talk.

It Is Your Duty To Examine The Conduct Of Public Figures And To Place Them In The Spotlight - That Is Your Duty.

There Is No Doubt That The United States Now Feels That They Are The Only Superpower In The World And They Can Do What They Like.

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Aids Today In Africa Is Claiming More Lives Than The Sum Total Of All Wars, Famines And Floods And The Ravages Of Such Deadly Diseases As Malaria ... We Must Act Now For The Sake Of The World.

What He Means By This Is That Instead Of Saying You'll "try", You Need To "do". And As We Let Our Light Shine, We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same. As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others.

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.

In The End, Reconciliation Is A Spiritual Process, Which Requires More Than Just A Legal Framework. It Has To Happen In The Hearts And Minds Of People.

I Was Not Born With A Hunger To Be Free, I Was Born Free.

We Know What Needs To Be Done - All That Is Missing Is The Will To Do It.

There Is A Constant Struggle Between Good An Evil In The World. It Is Up To Good People To Choose The Right Side

Now We Are In The Second Term Of The Government Of A United Nation And The Government Has Done Very Well. One Thing They Have Done, One Thing People Could Not Be Blind To, Was The Achievement This Government Has Made In Giving Human Beings Dignity, Which They Did Not Enjoy Before. They Now Have Dignity.

When Those In Power Deny You Of Freedom The Only Path To Freedom Is Power

The Suffering Inflicted, And More Often Than Not On The Most Vulnerable Sectors Of Society, Demeans All Of Us As Humanity. That It Is Invariably Women, Children, The Aged And Disabled Who Suffer In These Conflicts Stands To The Added Shame Of Humankind.

The Real Meaning Of The Spoken Word Has To Be Demonstrated By Practical Deeds

Courageous People Do Not Fear Forgiving, For The Sake Of Peace.

Each Of Us, As Citizens, Has A Role To Play In Creating A Better World For Our Children

South Africans Must Recall The Terrible Past So That We Can Deal With It, Forgiving Where Forgiveness Is Necessary But Never Forgetting.

Apartheid Is A Crime Against Humanity. Israel Has Deprived Millions Of Palestinians Of Their Liberty And Property. It Has Perpetuated A System Of Gross Racial Discrimination And Inequality. It Has Systematically Incarcerated And Tortured Thousands Of Palestinians, Contrary To The Rules Of International Law. It Has, In Particular, Waged A War Against A Civilian Population, In Particular Children.

A Good Head And A Good Heart Are Always A Formidable Combination.

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. Overcoming Poverty Is Not A Gesture Of Charity. It Is An Act Of Justice... Sometimes It Falls Upon A Generation To Be Great. You Can Be That Great Generation. Let Your Greatness Blossom.

Your Victory Has Demonstrated That No Person Anywhere In The World Should Not Dare To Dream Of Wanting To Change The World For A Better Place.

A New World Will Be Won Not By Those Who Stand At A Distance With Their Arms Folded, But By Those Who Are In The Arena, Whose Garments Are Torn By Storms And Whose Bodies Are Maimed In The Course Of The Contest.

Why Is The United States Behaving So Arrogantly? All That (mr. Bush) Wants Is Iraqi Oil.

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England And America

A Free Press Is One Of The Pillars Of Democracy.

No One Truly Knows A Nation Until One Has Been Inside Its Jails. A Nation Should Not Be Judged By How It Treats Its Highest Citizens But Its Lowest Ones.

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A Movement Without Vision Would Be A Movement Without Moral Foundation.

Let There Be Justice For All. Let There Be Peace For All. Let There Be Work, Bread, Water And Salt For All. Let Each Know That For Each The Body, The Mind And The Soul Have Been Freed To Fulfill Themselves.

Justice For All

I Would Like To Be Remembered Not As Anyone Unique Or Special, But As Part Of A Great Team In This Country That Has Struggled For Many Years, For Decades And Even Centuries. The Greatest Glory Of Living Lies Not In Never Falling, But In Rising Every Time You Fall.

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We Have Introduced A Rule Of Law. That Never Existed For Centuries In This Country [south Africa], Especially Under The Apartheid Regime, When The Law Was Reduced Into Disrepute.

The Youth Of Today Are The Leaders Of Tomorrow.

Leaders Of Tomorrow

Our Children Are The Rock On Which Our Future Will Be Built, Our Greatest Asset As A Nation. They Will Be The Leaders Of Our Country, The Creators Of Our National Wealth, Those Who Care For And Protect Our People.

Those Who Conduct Themselves With Morality, Integrity And Consistency Need Not Fear The Forces Of Inhumanity And Cruelty.

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.

We Now Undertake That We Cannot Rest While Millions Of Our People Suffer The Pain And Indignity Of Poverty In All Its Forms.

I Cannot And Will Not Give Any Undertaking At A Time When I, And You, The People, Are Not Free. Your Freedom And Mine Cannot Be Separated.

I Went As An Observer, Not A Participant, For I Do Not Think That I Ever Spoke. I Wanted To Understand The Issues Under Discussion, Evaluate The Arguments, See The Calibre Of The Men Involved.

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