"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all."
-Nelson Mandela
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"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.“
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"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."
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"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."
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"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
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"I started to make a study of the art of war and revolution and, whilst abroad, underwent a course in military training. If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them."
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"Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
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