"Before I went to jail, I was..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela
Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.
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“For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society”
“Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics.”
“To a freedom fighter hope is what a lifebelt is to a swimmer - a guarantee that one will keep afloat and free from danger.”
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“I know I am deathless We have thus far exhausted trillions of winters and summers, There are trillions ahead, and trillions ahead of them.”
“What you lose as you age is witnesses, the ones that watched from early on and cared, like your own little grandstand.”
“Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.”
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“When you start just focusing exclusively on trying to tear the other person down instead of what you are going to do on behalf of the American people to deal with this economy, then that's not serving Democrats, that's not serving Republicans, that's not serving anybody.”
“Some rule out of a lust for ruling; others, so as not to be ruled:Mto these it is merely the lesser of two evils.”
“You're going to face a choice in November. This is a choice between the policies that got us into thismess in the first place and the policies that got us out of this mess - and what the other sideis counting on is people not having a good memory.”