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It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.


Desmond Tutu
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Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.


Ralph Steadman
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Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration.
Klaus Schwab
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I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.
Malala Yousafzai
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Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.


Philip Emeagwali
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I used to do my Nelson Mandela voice to blag restaurant tables in Cape Town. It rarely worked. Now what a great city that is.
Rory Bremner
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.
Jackson Browne
Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable.
Toni Morrison
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Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who are very successful in business, in politics and religion. What are they? They tell purposeful stories. They move people to action by aiming at the heart.
Peter Guber
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There is no such thing as part freedom.


Nelson Mandela
I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.
Jody Williams
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I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.
Nelson Mandela
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At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said.
Nelson Mandela
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When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.


Nelson Mandela
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Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.


Nelson Mandela
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I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism.


Nelson Mandela
I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.
Nelson Mandela
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Sometimes, I feel like one who is on the sidelines, who has missed life itself.


Nelson Mandela
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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.


Nelson Mandela
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From the beginning, Mandela and Tambo was besieged with clients. We were not the only African lawyers in South Africa, but we were the only firm of African lawyers. For Africans, we were the firm of first choice and last resort.
Nelson Mandela
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