“But, my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

— Nelson Mandela, Rivonia Trial statement from the dock, Pretoria (20 April 1964)

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1918 – 2013

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and statesman who served as President of South Africa. Imprisoned for 27 years, he emerged to lead his country toward reconciliation and democracy.

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