"Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished"
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"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."
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"Love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite."
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"Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods."
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"It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education."
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"People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself."
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"Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions."
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"A movement without vision would be a movement without moral foundation."
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"Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression... Our endeavors must be about the liberation of the woman, the emancipation of the man and the liberty of the child."
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"The Good News borne by our risen Messiah who chose not one race, who chose not one country, who chose not one language, who chose not one tribe, who chose all of humankind!"
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"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children."
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"It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success."
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"Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die."
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"A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favour. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens."
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"It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences."
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"It enables me to go to bed with an enriching feeling in my soul and the belief that I am changing myself."
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"The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead."
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"Appearances matter — and remember to smile."
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"A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them."
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"There are leaders who know that however furious the debate, there are good men and women in all population groups - amongst blacks, amongst whites, and amongst Afrikaans and English speaking people."
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