"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
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"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."
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"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison."
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"I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity."
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"You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action."
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"After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb."
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"Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward."
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"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself 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 and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
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"As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility."
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"Ethiopia always has a special place in my imagination and the prospect of visiting Ethiopia attracted me more strongly than a trip to France, England, and America combined. I felt I would be visiting my own genesis, unearthing the roots of what made me an African."
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"The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears."
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"If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers."
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"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . ."
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"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."
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"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
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"People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society."
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"We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right."
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"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
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"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."
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"Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system of gross racial discrimination and inequality. It has systematically incarcerated and tortured thousands of Palestinians, contrary to the rules of international law. It has, in particular, waged a war against a civilian population, in particular children."
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