Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom (1995)

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Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

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There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.

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I detest racialism because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

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Any man that tries to rob me of my dignity will lose.

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The human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

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Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farmworkers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.

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Now if there's one thing you can be sure of, it's that nothing is more powerful than education. Except an Apache helicopter. An Apache helicopter has machine guns AND missiles. It is an unbelievably impressive complement of weaponry, an absolute death machine.

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I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.

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What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts,

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