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“Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”

— Nelson Mandela, Quoted in TIME (25 February 1985)
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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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