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Nelson Mandela
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SlotBadger
John Piercy
I forget which season he played for us...
King of Norway
Gudni Bergsson
Milo won't like this.
Not good news for the white South Africans as they fear genocide now that Mandela has kicked the proverbial bucket.
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NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
Madiba, he was a great man, an inspiration and my hero
"I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended." (From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995)
“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.” (South Africa, July 14, 2000)
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." (From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995)
"I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience.” (Statement during trial, 1962)
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
“Difficulties break some men but make others.” (From a letter to wife, Winnie Mandela, from Robben Island, February 1975)
"Great anger and violence can never build a nation. We are striving to proceed in a manner and towards a result, which will ensure that all our people, both black and white, emerge as victors.” (Speech to European Parliament, 1990)
“We are fighting for a society where people will cease thinking in terms of colour.” (March 8, 1993)
And finally,
"I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days."
“When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.” (Interview for Mandela, 1994)
"I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended." (From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995)
“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.” (South Africa, July 14, 2000)
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." (From Long Walk to Freedom, 1995)
"I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what I thought, because of my conscience.” (Statement during trial, 1962)
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
“Difficulties break some men but make others.” (From a letter to wife, Winnie Mandela, from Robben Island, February 1975)
"Great anger and violence can never build a nation. We are striving to proceed in a manner and towards a result, which will ensure that all our people, both black and white, emerge as victors.” (Speech to European Parliament, 1990)
“We are fighting for a society where people will cease thinking in terms of colour.” (March 8, 1993)
And finally,
"I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days."
“When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.” (Interview for Mandela, 1994)
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Danishfurniturelover
the prettiest spice girl
My mum took me on the marches round london when i was a kid in the early 80's if she were alive she would be straight down the church tonight. He seemed like a good guy with dignity and courage i admire his cool reserve and strength. Top fella.
NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
Crab.C.Nesbitt
Bobby Mimms
Legend is an adjective that is bandied around all too freely but this man was and is a genuine legend. Not infallible, no man is, but a truly great one nonetheless. RIP.
Richie
Naybet
I'd like to echo other sentiments about what a loss his passing is to mankind and what a great man he is, but those words would ring hollow from me as the reality is I don't think I've ever learnt anything about the man.
A sad time, if anything it should give me the opportunity to actually learn about his life and how great a man I'm sure he was.
The kind of inspirational figure who should be taught about in schools
A sad time, if anything it should give me the opportunity to actually learn about his life and how great a man I'm sure he was.
The kind of inspirational figure who should be taught about in schools
mephitis
Niko Kranjcar
In a century when the names of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot came to represent the depths to which man's inhumanity to man could sink, Mandela stands as the polar opposite and the ultimate example of the difference an individual can make for good.
A life we're all privileged to have witnessed.
A life we're all privileged to have witnessed.
Great man, and one who has left an incredible legacy. RIP
