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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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
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“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”
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