Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1918 - 2013

"I have dedicated my life to this struggle of the African people.  I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.  I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities.  It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and to see realized.  But my lord, if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

~ Nelson Mandela (1918 - 2013)  speech in Johannesburg, 20 April 1964, which he quoted on his release in Cape Town, 11 February 1990.

Source:  The Oxford Dictionary of QUOTATIONS,  Oxford University Press, 2001.

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