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sheshe2

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3. Quotes from Mandella, Cha. Inspiring!
Sun Jun 23, 2013, 12:02 AM
Jun 2013
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
Nelson Mandela
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It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.
Nelson Mandela
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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.
Nelson Mandela
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
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Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.
Nelson Mandela
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