About Nelson Mandela
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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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.”
“Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”