"It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem."
"Nelson Mandela sat in a South African prison for 27 years. He was nonviolent. He negotiated his way out of jail. His honor and suffering of 27 years in a South African prison is really ultimately what brought about the freedom of South Africa. That is nonviolence."
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